Sanders, Bloomberg Draw Fire in Debate on Who Can Beat Trump

None of the other candidates enjoyed breakout moments
Campaign down to two-person race with Super Tuesday looming

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By Craig Gordon and Gregory Korte

February 26, 2020 at 4:03 AM UTC

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February 26, 2020 at 11:46 AM UTC

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Democrats running for president ripped into two of their own in the last debate before Super Tuesday, saying that nominating either front-runner Bernie Sanders or the best-funded candidate Michael Bloomberg would all but guarantee Donald Trump’s re-election.

It’s a grim prescription for a party that still can’t believe it lost to Trump last time, but one that seemed all too real to the Democrats on stage.

Yet none of the other five contenders in Charleston, South Carolina, had the kind of breakout moment that suggested they were prepared to grab the nomination, or emerge from the pack to dislodge Sanders as the front-runner.

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