Dean may have supporters in organized labor touting him for DNC Chair

"Dean's selling point, according to several of his allies, is that he could leverage his popularity among liberals to raise money and employ his experience as a former governor to whip the party into shape.

Dean remains popular with several wings of the party that will have a say before the chair election. The political director of a top labor union said Dean's name was mentioned often by labor leaders at Wedneday's AFL-CIO executive council meeting in Washington.

But AFL-CIO president John Sweeney, who is himself up for re-election and who is not a historical ally of Dean, told ABC News that "there are a number of good names being mentioned, including Dean..."

There is also speculation of a Dean-Simon L. Rosenberg pairing:
"Several top party strategists are in the mix. Simon L. Rosenberg, the president of the New Democrat Network, has the support of many of younger democratic fund-raisers and is seen by some as a hands-on manager who could correct the party's problems over the long-term. Some Democrats partial to Rosenberg beleive he'd make a great behinds the scenes faciliator for a party chair like Dean.

http://abcnews.go.com/Politics/print?id=244985

Good overall article on all the potential candidates.

They are really getting into some heated stuff with the AFL-CIO.

http://www.signonsandiego.com/news/business/20041109-1328-labor-future.html