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    Biden faces new doubts while Harris seizes on their debate confrontation

    by Mark Z. Barabak and Matt Pearce, Los Angeles Times Jun 29, 2019 5 minutes

    CHICAGO - Joe Biden struggled Friday to overcome renewed doubts about his presidential candidacy and his place atop the field of Democratic hopefuls as Kamala Harris, fresh off a commanding debate performance, continued to question his record on civil rights.

    The former vice president rolled out the endorsement of Atlanta's black mayor, Keisha Lance Bottom, and appeared before black labor leaders in Chicago, where he insisted that "the discussion in this race shouldn't be about the past."

    "We all know that 30 seconds to 60 seconds on a campaign debate exchange can't do justice to a lifetime commitment to civil rights," Biden told a gathering of the Rev. Jesse Jackson's Rainbow PUSH Coalition, a campaign stop scheduled before his Thursday night clash with Harris over his opposition to federally mandated busing.

    But even as he sought to undo the political damage, Biden courted further backlash when he spoke,

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