Dean's Net Effect Is Just the Start; Imagine if a national leader decided to exploit the power of the Internet in an effort to bring affordable health care to millions of uninsured families.

Publication: Newsweek

Publication Date: 29-MAR-04

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Byline: Steven Levy

For many of us, Howard Dean's bid for the white house is already fading into the wonkier recesses of our brains, the famous scream taking its place in politics-junkie lore with Mike Dukakis's tank ride and Ed Muskie's tears. The only remaining question in this saga involves the campaign's innovative use of the Internet for community building, policy positioning and raising money. Considering the campaign's January cliff dive, one might reasonably ask whether this megapublicized phenomenon was overhyped.

A portion of the punditry can't resist comparing the campaign to the tech boom of the '90s--an overinflated bubble that left its naive believers drenched in soap scum.

Try telling that to...

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