The amazing thing about the scream is that Dean may perform better after it than before it. Remember: he finished with 18% – 18%! – in Iowa before his yelp. He appears set to perform much better today in New Hampshire, a week after the shriek. Of course, Dean is way off his New Hampshire highs a month or two ago, but his Iowa showing was going to bring him down anyway. I also take the point that the scream may have hurt him elsewhere more than it has in New Hampshire, since New Hampshire voters know him from Vermont. But perhaps the bellow has been overrated, or at least overplayed on TV, thus creating a mini-backlash.