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Dodd, Biden drop out after Iowa defeat, 3 Jan 2008

Neither mustered more than 1 percent in the intensely competitive contest won by freshman Illinois Sen. Barack Obama.
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Biden was the most promising of the second-tier candidates, in large part because of his [1] extensive national security experience, his chairmanship of the [2] Senate Foreign Relations Committee and his [3] realist view of the Iraq war.
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It was his second run for the Democratic presidential nomination, the first being in 1988.

Joe "Neal Kinnock" Biden

Diversity is the key to economic and political evolution.

by Cat on Mon Apr 1st, 2019 at 02:45:15 PM EST
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"Creepy Joe Biden" is the first search suggestion I get for "creepy". I don't think it's going swimmingly for him this time either.

by generic on Mon Apr 1st, 2019 at 02:51:18 PM EST
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NEW- Biden spokesman Bill Russo responds to fallout from Lucy Flores' accusation by saying some of the awkward photos she cited are "smears and forgeries." pic.twitter.com/hlbXCwKNVi
— Hunter Walker (@hunterw) April 1, 2019

by generic on Mon Apr 1st, 2019 at 05:46:25 PM EST
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FEINSTEIN: "He reaches out and he touches and it's like this and that. It's hardly sexy"

PELOSI: "I don't think that this disqualifies him from being president. Not at all."

Diversity is the key to economic and political evolution.

by Cat on Tue Apr 2nd, 2019 at 01:41:23 PM EST
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House Democratic women flex muscles with formal caucus, plus a political arm
"For now, the women's caucus will not charge dues. It will be informally staffed by aides from the leadership members' offices -- another reason why having three co-chairs makes sense, Frankel said."

Diversity is the key to economic and political evolution.

by Cat on Tue Apr 2nd, 2019 at 02:15:40 PM EST
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