Reply #42: I don't understand - from what position would he do that?

[karynnj]

He now is an activist and he is trying to do this - that is what "Stand by Dean" is doing. I don't see him leading a camp out in DC or elsewhere. There is nothing stopping him from doing that, sponsored by DFA, Bold progressives etc. It would be LESS likely that he would lead it as President or Senator.

As a Senator, there is precedent for asking people to lobby their Senators - Kerry and Kennedy did just that on Alito, Kerry and Boxer did that on ANWR, and Kerry used his email list on many things. At the time, Kerry first did this, my first thought was how unusual it was for a sitting Senator and our last standard bear to be acting simultaneously as Senator and activist - even though he was unusual in having started in politics as an activist.

But, the most likely person to lead a camp out in DC is an activist. Dean may consider that it would be counter productive as nothing is stopping him now.