It's not something you'd rely on, but when you look at this situation, you have to ask yourself what Terry McAwful could do that Dean couldn't. Which is precisely nothing.
Dean brings far more to the table than McAwful, no matter what you think of the guy. If they can even raise the slobbering idiots' percentage by 10%, Kerry wins this election. Neither side gives a damn about the youth as of right now, and it shows; as Rob said earlier, why would they give enough of a damn to vote if they don't think their issues are even being discussed? They may be dead wrong by not voting and preparing to work at McDonalds for the rest of their lives, but perhaps you need to beat the fuck out of them for a few straight days and convince them that it's in their best interests to like, y'know, pretend they're an important voting block.
They certainly have the numbers.