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Crowded Democratic Presidential Field Ready for First Debate

Jim Malone

   The battle for the Democratic Party's 2020 presidential nomination
   kicks into high gear this week with the first of what will be monthly
   debates among the candidates leading up to the first caucus and primary
   votes early next year.

   Miami, Florida, will host the first debates Wednesday and Thursday.
   Each night will feature 10 different contenders vying for the right to
   take on President Donald Trump in November 2020.

   Much of the attention will be on the Democratic front-runner, former
   Vice President Joe Biden, as he tries to solidify his position in the
   most crowded Democratic presidential field in modern history.

   Biden continues to argue that he is the strongest candidate to take on
   Trump next year.

   "I hope to be your nominee, and I am going to work as hard as I can to
   get your support," Biden told Democrats at a candidate's forum in South
   Carolina on Friday. "But here's the deal. Whomever the Democratic
   nominee is, we have to stay together and elect a Democrat president of
   the United States of America!"

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