Reuters:

"Dean said while his White House campaign is over, he will turn his Internet-based operation, which set fund-raising records and connected with legions of new activists, into a grass-roots force for change.

"There is much work still to be done," Dean said. "This party and this country needs change, and you have already begun that process."

Dean's decision to bow out of the race for the 2004 Democratic presidential nomination follows his lopsided loss on Tuesday in the Wisconsin primary -- his 17th defeat without a victory in his party's nominating process.

Democratic front-runner John Kerry won the Wisconsin contest, with Sen. John Edwards of North Carolina finishing a close second. Dean was a distant third.

Dean has said Edwards would be a stronger candidate against Republican President Bush than Kerry, who he has denounced as "a Washington insider" beholden to special interests."

Also being reported in the US press.

Sorefingers - Dean seems to favour the "Lawyer" over the "insider".