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i wasn't really commenting on hillary's use of the situation. my comment simply is a criticism of the party as a whole, and of howard dean's gross mismanagement that resulted in the current mess. it will come back to haunt the democratic nominee. if the nominee is obama, the damage might be minimal. he seems to be enough of a populist to recover from any implication that he didn't actually carry those states in a valid contest. if it's hillary, however, the damage will be tremendous.