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    Biden's 'expressions of affection' could thwart presidential ambition

    by Michael Finnegan and Melanie Mason, Los Angeles Times Mar 31, 2019 5 minutes

    An allegation that Joe Biden inappropriately touched a Nevada state lawmaker is renewing questions about his appeal to women if he seeks the Democratic presidential nomination.

    The former vice president's decades of vacillation on abortion rights and his handling of Anita Hill's sexual harassment allegations against Clarence Thomas at Thomas' Supreme Court confirmation hearing in 1991 were already serious vulnerabilities.

    If Biden runs for president a third time, as expected, he will join a crowded field of Democratic rivals that includes four women in the U.S. Senate _at a time when women have been siding strongly with Democrats in national elections.

    Beyond the primaries, the new accusation raises questions about whether Biden, in a general election, would strike a weak contrast with President Donald Trump, who has faced multiple allegations of sexual misconduct toward women. On Sunday, Biden

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