The three Democrats left stranding—frontrunner Hillary Clinton, former Maryland Governor Martin O’Malley, and Sen. Bernie Sanders (I-VT)16%
—debate tonight in Iowa the day after a series of horrific Islamic terror attacks rocked Paris and left 129 dead and hundreds more injured.
In Iowa, viewers may be more interested in their undefeated Iowa Hawkeyes (Iowa ate nearly ten minutes off the clock on a 17-play drive and took a 7-0 lead on a LeShun Daniels touchdown run before Minnesota tied the game on quarterback Mitch Leidner’s touchdown run) taking on Minnesota to keep their undefeated season—and hopes of making the College Football Playoff—alive. And Americans all across the country will be more interested in the evening’s slate of college football games than the debate, which is exactly what Democratic National Committee Chair Debbie Wasserman-Schultz wanted in order protect C
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