U.S. Democratic presidential candidate Howard Dean (news - web sites) waves goodbye to supporters gathered at the airport in Burlington, Vermont on his arrival from Wisconsin in the early hours of the morning February 18, 2004. Dean, once the clear frontrunner in the race for the Democratic nomination based on advance polls of voters, will make a statement later in the day about the future of his campaign after placing a distant third in the Wisconsin primary and now having lost 17 consecutive state primary and caucus elections. REUTERS/Jim Bourg US ELECTION
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