Article snippet: The Iowa caucuses are 30 days away and it’s anybody’s ballgame, with a half dozen candidates having reason to believe that the Hawkeye State will set them on the path to the nomination. The campaigns are on edge and political analysts are flying blind, as a drought of public polling has produced uncertainty about the state of the race ahead of the Feb. 3 contest. Political operatives on the ground are buzzing about Sen. MORE is matching Sanders in attracting large crowds of enthusiastic supporters. MORE in a head-to-head matchup is appealing to many Democrats and could set him up for an unexpectedly strong finish. And Sen. MORE (D-Mass.) is hoping to recapture the magic that made her the front-runner in the fall. Operatives in Iowa say she has the staff and infrastructure to pull it off. Meanwhile, two candidates on the margins of the polls — Sen. MORE — are fresh off their best debate performances. Both posted big fundraising hauls in the fourth quarter and are generating excitement on the ground. Iowa Democrats say there is no true favorite and that unless someone unexpectedly breaks out in the final stretch run, they’re bracing for a candidate pile-up near the top, with no one receiving a clear plurality of the vote. “You could see the field being split so many ways and the contest getting pushed out to New Hampshire, Nevada, South Carolina and Super Tuesday,” said Peter Leo, a Warren supporter and the chairman of the Carroll County Democrats in Western Iowa. ... Link to the full article to read more