Candidates Hope to Avoid Iowa’s Field of Broken Dreams

“It may be nearly nine months until the first balloting of the 2020 primary, but candidates are already practically tripping over one another in Iowa,” the New York Times reports.

“The reason is clear: With twenty-some Democrats running for president, there are far more candidates — especially ones counting on strong results in Iowa — than there are slots to realistically move forward in the 2020 competition after the caucuses. That means most of the contenders are bound to depart the Des Moines airport next February damaged, dispirited or disappointed, if not politically dead.”