Biden wins backing of Klobuchar and Buttigieg on eve of Super Tuesday

&Tab;&Tab;<div class&equals;"wpcnt">&NewLine;&Tab;&Tab;&Tab;<div class&equals;"wpa">&NewLine;&Tab;&Tab;&Tab;&Tab;<span class&equals;"wpa-about">Advertisements<&sol;span>&NewLine;&Tab;&Tab;&Tab;&Tab;<div class&equals;"u top&lowbar;amp">&NewLine;&Tab;&Tab;&Tab;&Tab;&Tab;&Tab;&Tab;<amp-ad width&equals;"300" height&equals;"265"&NewLine;&Tab;&Tab; type&equals;"pubmine"&NewLine;&Tab;&Tab; data-siteid&equals;"111265417"&NewLine;&Tab;&Tab; data-section&equals;"1">&NewLine;&Tab;&Tab;<&sol;amp-ad>&NewLine;&Tab;&Tab;&Tab;&Tab;<&sol;div>&NewLine;&Tab;&Tab;&Tab;<&sol;div>&NewLine;&Tab;&Tab;<&sol;div><p>Amy Klobuchar and Pete Buttigieg have united behind Joe Biden’s presidential bid as moderate Democrats scrambled to boost the former vice president hours before voting began across a series of high-stakes Super Tuesday states&period;<&sol;p>&NewLine;<p>Ms Klobuchar formally suspended her campaign and endorsed Mr Biden on Monday&comma; a day after Mr Buttigieg announced his formal exit&period;<&sol;p>&NewLine;<p>Mr Buttigieg&comma; the former mayor of South Bend&comma; Indiana&comma; is expected to announce his support for Mr Biden at a rally in Dallas that Ms Klobuchar also plans to attend&comma; according to sources&period;<&sol;p>&NewLine;<p>The developments came on the eve of Super Tuesday&comma; when 14 states&comma; one US territory and Democrats abroad cast ballots in the party’s nomination fight&period;<&sol;p>&NewLine;<p>Ms Klobuchar and Mr Buttigieg become the second and third Democrats to abandon their presidential bids since Joe Biden scored a resounding victory in South Carolina&comma; his first of the rollercoaster nomination fight&period;<&sol;p>&NewLine;<p>A shrinking group of other Democrats vowed to press on&comma; potentially towards a contested convention&period;<&sol;p>&NewLine;<p>Fiery progressive Bernie Sanders remains the undisputed front-runner&comma; but the rest of the field is unsettled&comma; even after Mr Biden’s South Carolina win and the departures of Mr Klobuchar&comma; Mr Buttigieg and billionaire activist Tom Steyer&period;<&sol;p>&NewLine;<p><&excl;--Ads5--><&sol;p>&NewLine;<p>New York billionaire Mike Bloomberg could create problems for Mr Biden’s establishment appeal&period;<&sol;p>&NewLine;<p>Mr Bloomberg&comma; who will appear on a 2020 ballot for the first time on Tuesday&comma; has invested more than half a billion dollars in his presidential bid and racked up many high-profile endorsements&period;<&sol;p>&NewLine;<p>The Biden campaign reported back-to-back days of 5 million dollar fundraising hauls&comma; by far the best 48-hour stretch of his campaign&period;<&sol;p>&NewLine;<p>Mr Sanders was focused on California&comma; the crown jewel of Super Tuesday&period; The state offers 415 delegates&comma; which is more than double the amount from Iowa&comma; New Hampshire&comma; Nevada and South Carolina&period;<&sol;p>&NewLine;<p>He predicted victory in California as he rallied thousands of supporters in multiple stops and attacked Mr Biden’s record on foreign policy&comma; trade and social security&comma; among other issues&period;<&sol;p>&NewLine;<p><em>&OpenCurlyDoubleQuote;My point here is not just to be negative about Joe&comma;”<&sol;em> Mr Sanders said&period; <em>&OpenCurlyDoubleQuote;My point here is to ask you&colon; 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