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Democratic Presidential Race Narrows as Resurgent Biden Faces Off with
Sanders

Ken Bredemeier

   WASHINGTON - The race for the U.S. Democratic presidential nomination
   has narrowed to two competitors after Super Tuesday voting-- resurgent
   former Vice President Joe Biden and Vermont Senator Bernie Sanders, a
   self-declared democratic socialist long at odds with the party
   establishment.

   The voting across 14 states also forced former New York Mayor Michael
   Bloomberg out of the contest after he had spent a reported $600 million
   of his own fortune on his campaign but only won the vote in the tiny
   American Somoa territory in the Pacific and a handful of delegates to
   the Democrats's national presidential nominating convention in July.

   In defeat, Bloomberg quickly endorsed Biden, calling him "my friend and
   a great American."

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