Well, Howard Dean is taking a big leap toward finishing it off this week. Al Gore is spurning his own running mate to endorse the doctor.
It happens tomorrow morning in New York City, then they travel together to campaign in Iowa.
He's gotten quite a few mainstream-party endorsements lately, but this could really open the floodgates. So much for the party heirarchy lining up against him.
And the evil Howard Kurtz has a column about pundits endorsing him.