Analysis: Dean's Future, the Two-Man Race

NPR | By Mara Liasson

Published February 19, 2004 at 12:00 AM EST

Former Vermont governor Howard Dean bowed out of the race for the White House Wednesday, saying he plans to continue to work to reform the Democratic Party. Now that Dean's gone, Sen. John Edwards and Sen. John Kerry will face off as the two remaining major candidates. Hear NPR's Bob Edwards and NPR's Mara Liasson.

Mara Liasson

Mara Liasson is a national political correspondent for NPR. Her reports can be heard regularly on NPR's award-winning newsmagazine programs Morning Edition and All Things Considered. Liasson provides extensive coverage of politics and policy from Washington, DC — focusing on the White House and Congress — and also reports on political trends beyond the Beltway.

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