3 key takeaways from the first Democratic debate of the year
Date: Jan 15 2020
Democratic primary candidates gathered in Des Moines, Iowa, for their seventh debate of the 2020 cycle and first of the new year, the last time they will share a stage before actual voting begins with next month’s Iowa caucuses. There were few fireworks during the evening, with the first hour dedicated mostly to the Middle East and trade deals before the second half segued to discussions of health care and college tuition. Former Vice President Joe Biden avoided any serious missteps and got through mostly unscathed, while Sens. Bernie Sanders and Elizabeth Warren briefly clashed over what Sanders might have said to her over dinner in 2018.
Foreign policy dominates first quarter
Sanders and Warren shake up the race
