NICHOLAS RICCARDI and BILL BARROW
Associated Press
WASHINGTON (AP) — Democrats spent more time making the case for their ability to beat President Donald Trump than trying to defeat each other in their fifth debate.
Civil in tone, mostly cautious in approach, the forum on Wednesday did little to reorder the field and may have given encouragement to two new entrants into the race, Mike Bloomberg and Deval Patrick.
Key takeaways:IMPEACHMENT CLOUD HOVERS
The impeachment inquiry of President Donald Trump took up much of the oxygen early in the debate.
The questions about impeachment did little to create much separation in a field that universally condemns the Republican president.
The candidates tried mightily to pivot to their agenda. Massachusetts Sen. Elizabeth Warren talked a
