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When Joe Biden took the stage in New Hampshire, he was greeted with the respect that comes with being a former vice president. The scene at New Hampshire’s Democratic convention on Saturday highlighted one of the riddles of Biden’s candidacy: He maintains a lead in nearly every poll, but his campaign events often lack the look and feel of a front-runner. Biden’s team insists such optics are overrated as indicators of a candidate’s strength.