I'm not inclined to declare, at this time, who will or will not be the candidate. (Okay - I'll moderate that a bit. The candidate will not be Brown, Kucinich or Sharpton....) It isn't my area of expertise. But even when looking at the comments of those who attempt to be experts in this area, I'm not convinced that "it's Dean". A lot can happen between now and the nomination - and it is a bit difficult (at least for me) to anticipate the effect on the nomination process when the first "major" candidates drop out.