Time: “The Warren campaign prides itself on ignoring the horse race, dismissing what it calls ‘the pollercoaster’ and staying focused on Warren’s message of combating corruption in politics and ushering in structural change. Aides argue she has done a better job of consolidating the support of prominent local Democratic elected leaders than her rivals. If anything, Warren seems to be doubling down on her fundamental belief that politics is about policy.”

Rep. Tulsi Gabbard (D-HI) confirmed to Sirius XM that she will “of course” back the Democratic party’s presidential nominee if she doesn’t win.

A new Quinnipiac poll shows Bernie Sanders leading the Democratic presidential race nationally with 25%, followed by Joe Biden at 17%, Michael Bloomberg at 15%, Elizabeth Warren at 14%, Pete Buttigieg at 10% and Amy Klobuchar st 4%.

Said pollster Tim Malloy: “Is the Bloomberg camp prepping the white horse for him to ride to the rescue? Maybe not yet, but without setting foot in Iowa or New Hampshire, he is suddenly a looming shadow over the primary field.”

The final CNN poll in New Hampshire finds Bernie Sanders leading with 29%, followed by Pete Buttigieg at 22%, Joe Biden at 11%, Elizabeth Warren at 10% and Amy Klobuchar at 7%.

Key takeaway: “Only about half of likely primary voters in New Hampshire say they have definitely decided for whom they will vote, meaning that despite the stability in the numbers throughout the six-day tracking period, there remains room for preferences to shift.”

“You are my donors… Unlike some of my opponents, we don’t take money from the CEOs of pharmaceutical companies or from Wall Street goons… We don’t want their money, we don’t need them.”

— Sen. Bernie Sanders, quoted by ABC News.

“Sheldon Adelson, an ardent pro-Israel conservative, is expected to donate at least $100m to boost Donald Trump’s 2020 re-election efforts and Republican congressional candidates this fall,” The Guardian reports.

Joe Biden insisted he can still win the Democratic presidential nomination in a contentious CBS News interview.

Said Biden: “Nothing’s going to happen until we get down to a place and around the country where there’s much more diversity. And, you know, you’re always behind the eight ball when you’re running in New Hampshire and you have two people from the neighboring states.”

Michael Bloomberg’s latest campaign ad features footage of several former presidents along with President Trump, but it does not show the candidate actually paying for the ad.

Sen. Bernie Sanders’ campaign plans to ask for a “partial recanvass” of the results of last week’s Iowa caucuses, the AP reports.

“A recanvass is not a recount, but a check of the vote count against paper records to ensure the counts were reported accurately.”

First Read: “In 2016, Bernie Sanders won a whopping 73 percent of these independent voters. But in our NBC News/Marist poll we released on Friday, Sanders was getting just 22 percent of them — compared with Buttigieg at 25 percent and Joe Biden and Elizabeth Warren at 10 percent apiece.”

“What’s going on here? Well, because there isn’t a competitive GOP primary this year, you not only have pro-Bernie indies, you also have the GOP-leaning independents who backed John Kasich and Jeb Bush in 2016.”

“If Buttigieg is going to pull off the upset on Tuesday against Sanders — or at least make it close — it will be due to those independents. Ditto if Amy Klobuchar continues her momentum, especially after Friday night’s debate.”