… Of all the Democratic presidential candidates still in the race, it has been Ms. Klobuchar, the Minnesota senator, and Mr. Buttigieg, the mayor of South Bend, Ind., who have worked hardest and deepest to win over Iowa’s more moderate Democrats, pitching themselves as Midwestern pragmatists who know how to prevail in red states. Both candidates know they have virtually no path to the nomination without a strong finish in Iowa, and in the six weeks that remain before the Iowa caucuses, it’s likely their competition will only intensify. CONT.
Sydney Ember, New York Times