Virtual Biden nomination sucks drama out of Democratic convention

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Democrats‘ announcement that President Joe Biden will be named their nominee for president virtually has deflated what little drama could have been expected at the Democratic National Convention.

Biden easily racked up the delegates needed to become the party’s standard-bearer by March, but the continued protest votes against him in Democratic primaries and his perceived weakness as a general election candidate left open the door to the remote possibility of a surprise challenge and even brokered convention when the party meets in Chicago in August.

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