The Note: Democrats joust with shadows at awkwardly timed debate.
What if a debate happens where the candidates would rather be debating someone else?
The main event, arguably, is playing out further north, in public impeachment hearings that continue for at least two more days and threaten to consume far more campaign time. For as contentious as impeachment is, the case against President Donald Trump isn't necessarily salient for the Democratic primary, where voters are already convinced they want him gone.
"The same five candidates have been at the top of the polls before and after each debate," FiveThirtyEight's Geoffrey Skelley notes. The first witness on Wednesday though will be an ambassador who was frequently in direct contact with Trump and a former mega-donor to his campaign. Big picture: the questions are beginning to zero in on what the president knew and what did he ask for?As the primary heats up in early voting states and policy divides among candidates become more stark, voters are prioritizing electability as a tactic to win back the White House in 2020. A new poll from Gallup shows that half of Democrats, including 33% who identify as liberals, would like to nominate a moderate candidate to oust Trump.
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