Super-duper ground campaign organizer Michael Whouley is the reason for the Kerry surge, according to New Republican Michael Crowley:
Unless you’re a hard-core political junkie, you’ve probably never even heard the name. But within the Democratic political world, Whouley is an almost-mythical figure. Revered as one of the party’s fiercest and most talented ground-level organizers, Whouley is widely credited with saving Al Gore’s foundering campaign in Iowa and New Hampshire in the 2000 primaries against Bill Bradley. Now this old Kerry ally may be working his magic one more time.
Personally, I think there’s more to it than one guy. Dean’s slithering around is hurting him, as is his “manufactured outrage.”