] Dean has not expressed any regrets. "There were 3,500
] screaming kids in that room who'd worked their hearts out
] for me in Iowa, all of them waving an American flag," he
] said. "I thought I owed it to them to buck up their
] spirits and I was pleased that I did."
]
] Goldman said Dean needed to stop explaining himself and
] start tuning in to what America was saying.
]
] "What he needs to do is to start laughing at himself
] instead of defending himself. Americans don't like
] candidates filled with rage," he said.

and that about sums it up. i agree with the satement about how to rebound from this. Don't get overly defensive about it, and maybe even express contrition (not that *I* think it's necessary, but everyone else on the earth seems to think so). Something that indicates he may have been over the top monday night, but that the passion of his campaign shouldn't be used against him. Passion is a good thing, most of the time.