Is a Kamalaissance possible?
The vice president has neutralised her critics while making a case for Biden with young, Black and female voters.
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Sarah Baxter
Sarah Baxter is the director of the Marie Colvin Center for International Reporting in New York. She is a former New Statesman political editor and a former Sunday Times deputy editor.
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