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Former VP Joe Biden Picks Up Key Endorsements Ahead of Super Tuesday
Balloting

Ken Bredemeier

   WASHINGTON - Former U.S. Vice President Joe Biden picked up three key
   endorsements Monday from former rivals for the Democratic presidential
   ticket, adding momentum to his campaign ahead of voting in primaries in
   more than a dozen states known as Super Tuesday.

   U.S. Sen. Amy Klobuchar ended her bid for the Democratic presidential
   nomination Monday and, along with former Texas Congressman Beto
   O'Rourke, endorsed Biden at a rally in Dallas. Klobuchar's withdrawal
   came a day after another moderate Democrat, former South Bend, Indiana,
   Mayor Pete Buttigieg, ended his campaign. He also endorsed Biden on
   Monday.

   Klobuchar, from the Midwestern state of Minnesota, positioned herself
   as a practical pragmatist in the Democratic presidential nomination
   race, adopting decidedly moderate positions on several issues,
   including opposition to a government takeover of health care insurance
   in the United States.

   But despite a brief surge in political surveys, she did no better than
   third-to-sixth-place finishes in the first four state nominating
   contests last month. Pre-election surveys for Super Tuesday voting
   showed her ahead only in her home state.

   Biden swept to his first primary election victory in three runs for the
   U.S. presidency on Saturday, a convincing win in South Carolina.

   In addition to Klobuchar and Buttigieg, billionaire environmentalist
   Tom Steyer also dropped out of the race after Biden's strong showing in
   South Carolina.

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