Just 45 days before the Iowa caucuses, in the smallest debate of the year, seven Democratic candidates onstage engaged in some of the most aggressive exchanges. While the candidates reflected the Democratic party’s unity around defeating President Trump, they also offered sharply divergent visions of how to do that. Can any of them pull the party together and attract the independents necessary to win the purple states? What is going to decide the nomination: any particular issues, candidates’ personalities, California, or something else? In our final podcast of the year, Howard Schweitzer, Public Strategies CEO, and Mark Alderman, the group’s Chairman, are joined by CPS Government Relations Principal Joe Hill and CPS Government Professional Jamie Ansorge to discuss how it may all play out.