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Nervous Democrats rally behind Biden to stop Sanders on Super Tuesday

Joe Biden fastened his grip on the establishment wing of his party Monday as prominent Democrats rallied behind the former vice president in an accelerating effort to thwart Bernie Sanders on the eve of the presidential campaign's biggest and most consequential day of balloting.

One of Biden's few remaining center-left rivals, Minnesota Sen. Amy Klobuchar, quit the race and joined former presidential hopeful Beto O'Rourke at a Biden endorsement rally in Dallas, shortly after Pete Buttigieg flew to the city to deliver his support.

"He reminds me of my son Beau," an emotional Biden said of the 38-year-old former South Bend, Ind., mayor - referring to his son who died at age 46 of a brain tumor. "I know that may not

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