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Article snippet: The 2020 Democratic White House hopefuls are locked in a furious fight for the nomination with the Iowa caucuses only 74 days away, but you might not know it by the tempered tone of Wednesday night’s debate in Atlanta. South Bend, Ind., Mayor MORE entered the night with a target on his back after rising to the top of the pack in recent polls of Iowa and New Hampshire. Former Vice President MORE's corruption and that the Democrats must focus on finding a message that ensures he does not get a second term in office. “I think the way we achieve our goals and bring the country together is to talk about the things that unite us,” Warren said at the top of the debate. The previous debates have included explosive exchanges over policy issues, from health care to federal busing, that have sometimes become personal. But that combative approach was largely absent on Wednesday night, although there were a few tense moments that could prove revealing in hindsight. Buttigieg and Rep. MORE (D-Hawaii), the two military veterans onstage, had the sharpest exchange of the night. Gabbard accused Buttigieg of saying he’d send the U.S. military into Mexico to deal with the drug cartels there. “It’s par for the course in Washington to take remarks out of context but that is outlandish even by the standards of today’s politics,” Buttigieg shot back. The South Bend mayor then quickly pivoted to Gabbard’s 2017 meeting with Syrian President Bashar Assad, who used chemical weapons on his o... Link to the full article to read more