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In my absence from blogging, I pretty much missed the 2008 US election campaign except for a couple of posts in January (and a couple on the Exvisu blog: [1], [2]). That’s not to say that I haven’t been following the campaign very closely, however.

Of the hundred interesting stories and analyses of Obama’s stunning victory last night, though, there’s one in particular that seems to have been underplayed: the role that Howard Dean has played in the Democratic resurgence.

Obama is a unique leader, but so was (and is) Howard Dean, and well beyond their formal political relationship (Dean is the chairman of the DNC), there is clearly a sympatico between the two and their basic approach to politics and their vision of how not just to win elections, but to address a much wider public than many Democrats have attempted to address.

this year – earlier than I remember it starting in the 20+ years I’ve been following US Presidential politics. I’ve seen a lot about Dean, someone I’m very familiar with, and less but still quite a bit about the major Democratic hopefuls. Today, Doc Searls offered some interesting words by way of comparison of the Democratic candidates. Very interesting comments.