Biden, Bernie enter key phase in race
Flint (US), March 8: Joe Biden and Bernie Sanders on Saturday began what amounts to a fresh campaign for the Democratic nomination for president, as the septuagenarians prepare to go head-to-head at the polls for the first time since the field narrowed to two credible candidates.
Mr Biden, the 77-year-old former vice-president, spoke to a large crowd of supporters in Missouri, one of six states that will hold Democratic primaries
on Tuesday, one week after the “Super Tuesday” elections brought about a dramatic reversal of fortunes in his favor.
Standing on an outdoor stage on a sunny day in St Louis, at times wearing his signature aviator sunglasses, the politically moderate Mr Biden savored his spectacular revival in the race for the White House.
“What a difference a day makes,” he exulted. “This time last week I was in South Carolina and the press and the pundits had declared Mr Biden’s campaign dead.”
“But South Carolina had something to say about that, and then came Super
Tuesday. And today there are 11 victories behind us and we’re leading both in delegates and national votes.”
With the monumental Gateway Arch — a symbolic entryway to the American West — in the background, the former vice president mentioned Sanders only indirectly.
Mr Biden said he was best positioned to “unite this party,” promising not to turn “this primary into a campaign of negative attacks.”