Why Barack needs the scrappy kid from Scranton

Joe Biden is Obama’s strongest line of defence against McCain, writes Karen McCarthy in New York.

Why Barack needs the scrappy kid from Scranton
Sat, 30 Aug, 2008 - 01:00

IT was the colossus of conventions. Giants of the Democratic Party hulked on stage.

Senator Ted Kennedy passed the torch of America’s first family to Senator Barack Obama declaring, “The dream lives on”.

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