Buttigieg is gambling that undecided voters want to see conflict in the debates, even after the last three candidates to try and make such striking attacks on stage saw no long-term polling gain
Photo: Win McNamee/Getty Images It was obvious to anyone who’d been paying attention heading into Tuesday night’s debate that Elizabeth Warren — now the front-runner in Democrats’ presidential nominating contest — would get her share of heat from her competitors. But in the final moments before gametime, as CNN’s panelists discussed their expectations, David Axelrod made a narrower prediction.
Over the course of the debate in suburban Columbus, Buttigieg clashed with Warren over the details of her Medicare for All support and her plan to pay for it. But he did not reserve his fire exclusively for Warren. He also disagreed vehemently with Tulsi Gabbard over Middle East policy, and ripped into Beto O’Rourke over his position on an assault weapon buyback plan — perhaps the tensest exchange of the night .
Buttigieg and Democrats around him have been most eager to pick the health-care fight, according to multiple people in his orbit.
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