Volatile Democratic race comes to Iowa for final debate before caucuses

Winterset, Iowa (CNN)Six of the Democratic presidential candidates meet for the final debate before the Iowa caucuses on Tuesday at a strikingly fluid moment in the 2020 race when it appears any one of the top four contenders could emerge as the victor in the Hawkeye state.
In tonight's CNN/Des Moines Register debate, the Democratic hopefuls are all trying to solidify their support among the state's many undecided voters, trying to lock down Iowans who will caucus for them on February.
A recent flurry of polls suggests the top four hopefuls are locked in something close to a four-way standoff, with former Vice President Joe Biden, former South Bend, Indiana, Mayor Pete Buttigieg, Vermont Sen. Bernie Sanders and Massachusetts Sen. Elizabeth Warren all clustered at the top of the field.
    More than a dozen interviews with likely caucus goers over the past two days underscored that indecision with many telling CNN they are still deciding among three to four candidates, including some who did not make the cut for the debate stage. Tuesday's matchup at Drake University also comes at a time when the candidates are beginning to jab their rivals more forcefully -- injecting a new air of unpredictability into the contest.

    "This is the weirdest caucus season ever," said Lisa Ann Spilman, a 52-year-old veteran and undecided voter who said she has been a caucus precinct captain many times. "There are so many great candidates. We keep having our one, two, three -- then somebody drops out or somebody needs help and then you re-think it," she said, noting that she has canvassed this cycle for Montana Gov. Steve Bullock, Colorado Sen. Michael Bennet, Warren and Biden -- in part to help make up her own mind.
    On Monday, she spoke up as a victim of sexual assault in the military during Buttigieg's town hall in Winterset, asking the former South Bend, Indiana mayor to commit to signing legislation known as the Military Justice Improvement Act that aims to add
    ress and prevent sexual assault in the military. Buttigieg said he would sign the bill, but Spilman she was still undecided after his event and wanted to talk to the other candidates about the legislation.
    "We in Iowa are so lucky that we get to see people two, three, four times," she said, noting that gives them all "a chance."

    Campaign gets more heated

    In recent days, the Sanders campaign has moved into a more aggressive posture, using the US-Iran tensions as an opportunity to highlight what they see as Biden's poor judgment in voting to invade Iraq. This past weekend also seemed to mark the end of Sanders' unspoken non-engagement pact with Warren, a development that seemed inevitable given the ideological closeness of the two and the fact that they are currently splitting the progressive wing of the Democratic Party.
    Warren seized on a report from Politico on Saturday that Sanders volunteers were using a call script aimed at convincing voters that she will only be able to attract "highly educated, more affluent people" to her campaign -- making her a less viable nominee against President Donald Trump.


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