What a way for

By Paul Kiel

January 31, 2007 10:20 a.m.

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What a way for Sen. Joe Biden (D-DE) to roll out his presidential campaign.

Here he is on Barack Obama:

âI mean, you got the first mainstream African-American who is articulate and bright and clean and a nice-looking guy… I mean, thatâs a storybook, man.â

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