"If you can't keep a lid on it, don't go to it, " Challenger advises.

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But I don't see him breaking through to be the main challenger to Romney.

BBC: Who wins Cain's piece of the pie?

With Dean getting only 22 percent of the vote when all nine candidates are listed (more than double the second-place challenger), it is tempting to assume that nearly eight in 10 registered Democrats don't want Dean as their party's standard-bearer.

CNN: Poll: Dean starts 2004 leading Dems