82. The problem is that the 'party bosses' had no control over Dean...
...as long as he was a free agent...threatening to take votes and campaign cash away from the 'new' Democrats. They didn't want DEan as Chair...but they finally conceded...realizing that they could use the DNC to force him to tone down his rhetoric about the illegal war and related topics.
Dean went from being a threat to having to work within the DLC guidelines of non-confrontation on the war and related topics.
Dean is no longer a real threat to the DLC. They love that he's now part of the party machine.
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