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Joe Biden: Triumph, tragedy and the fate of the center

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The Importance of Bridging Divides and Finding Compromise

Evan Watson: Joe Biden prided himself on being somebody in Washington who didn't really have very many enemies. That changed partly because of how he mishandled the Clarence Thomas nomination hearings to the Supreme Court, she says. "His defining characteristic as a politician has not been to be at the vanguard of historical change," writes Watson. 'He's responsive in that way, but not necessarily proactive'

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