As Elizabeth Warren and Pete Buttigieg have gained ground, the target on former VP Joe Biden's back has shrunk
Michael Bloomberg is under fire for his stop-and-frisk policy. Deval Patrick is facing questions about his lucrative business career. Elizabeth Warren lost ground in a major Iowa poll as her Medicare for All plan revived questions about her electability.Biden — who since April has swatted aside questions about his record, age, verbal miscues and lagging fundraising — is, for once, outside the line of fire.
Unlike in the previous four debates, Biden is no longer the clear frontrunner, though he leads in most national surveys as well as polls in the early states of Nevada and South Carolina.“For Mayor Buttigieg, he’s going to be on the hot seat for the first time because he’s the ‘frontrunner’ In Iowa,” said Karen Finney, a veteran Democratic operative who worked for Barack Obama and Hillary Clinton’s presidential campaigns.
Patrick is already facing negative press — from his time working for Bain Capital and subprime mortgage lender Ameriquest, to his past refusal to release his income taxes. for the “stop-and-frisk” policing strategy in New York that disproportionately targeted minorities. “Did we need another septuagenarian in the race?” asked Paul Maslin, a Democratic pollster who worked for Jimmy Carter and Howard Dean’s presidential campaigns.
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