Five takeaways from January's Democratic debate in Iowa
by Mark Z. Barabak, Los Angeles Times
Jan 15, 2020
4 minutes
Six candidates, one stage, just a handful of tickets out of Iowa.
The Democratic debate in the Hawkeye State, which serves for the next three weeks as center of the political universe, marked the seventh round of candidate clashes and the first of the new year.
It had the fewest participants and could prove the most consequential - though it was arguably the most soporific - as it came a scant 20 days before the first ballots of the marathon campaign are cast.
Previous debates provided a few memorable moments, but otherwise did little to recast the contest, which, for now, appears to be a four-way fight among former Vice President Joe Biden; former South Bend., Ind., Mayor Pete
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