Associated Press gives us a preview of Dean's new organization, which will be called Democracy For America:

Supporters say the new organization, Democracy For America, will help return political power to the community level.

Dean has been seeking to build excitement among those supporters with a promise to announce Thursday his plans "about the future grass-roots campaign built from the principles of Dean For America," the former presidential campaign said in a posting to its own Web log. "We will show solidarity in our continued campaign to take back the core of power in American politics from back rooms and special interests to a political ethos based in, and built from, community."

Rallies are planned in Seattle and San Francisco on Thursday, a month to the day Dean dropped out of the presidential race without winning a contest in spite of spending six months as the Democrat with the most money, endorsements and momentum. A third rally is planned Friday in New York. Dean won a primary, Vermont's, after he dropped out.

The new organization will play a role in helping Kerry win the presidency in November. Democracy For America also will seek to influence the Democratic Party in much the way that conservatives helped to reshape the Republican Party more than 20 years ago.

And his massive email list?

Dean believes he can help to raise money for important congressional races by asking the more than 600,000 people who signed up for his campaign via his Web site to donate. When he was leading in the presidential contest he successfully did that for an Iowa congressman who had not even endorsed him.

Democratic leaders hope that Dean can and will do the same thing to help Kerry raise money. The question is whether he'll turn over the list of names and e-mail addresses he gathered.

Some of his aides have said they are researching the legalities, including how the list would be viewed by federal elections regulators. It could be considered valuable enough that it would exceed campaign contribution limits. Putting a value on it could be difficult.

The official unveiling of the site will be tomorrow.