Tight polls, impeachment, billionaire wild cards: Uncertainty reigns in the 2020 Democratic race, January 13, 2020

Los Angeles Times

The stakes are high because the candidate who comes out on top in Iowa — even by a tiny margin — goes into subsequent primaries, starting with New Hampshire’s on Feb. 11, with a gust of wind at his or her back.

“In the Olympics and presidential caucuses, the track looks crowded when they are running; but in the end, there will be a gold, a silver and a bronze,” said Michael Meehan, who advised Sen. John Kerry during his 2004 presidential campaign. “Those are the people who will get a huge, bright spotlight.”

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