Buttigieg and Warren are both competing fiercely for white, college-educated voters, who polls suggest will play a big role in Iowa and New Hampshire — even as Warren promises far-reaching change that resonates with liberals and Buttigieg sells a more unifying message designed for moderates. Many have spent months describing a leftist “lane” and a centrist one, but the competition between Warren and Buttigieg suggests it’s more complicated. In the first fundraising quarter, Buttigieg released the names of his bundlers, the people who collect large checks on his behalf, though has stopped the practice. Buttigieg leveled a sharp attack on Warren over health care in October, demanding to know in a Democratic debate why Warren could not explain how she would pay for her Medicare-for-all health plan. Warren released a $20 trillion financing plan two weeks later.

Source: Washington Post December 07, 2019 00:09 UTC