We bid a fond farewell to Cory Booker.

Elizabeth Warren drops an anvil on Bernie Sanders' hand.

We examine Bernie's political history.

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Protect it at ExpressVPN.com slash Ben. All righty, tonight is the very last

democratic debate until the next democratic debate, but it is the last one until Iowa. And right now,

Joe Biden is the man who is apparently in the lead in Iowa, according to a Monmouth

University poll released on Monday. According to Bloomberg, Biden is on top in Iowa.

As more voters say, they have firmly decided on their choice,

Biden is currently ahead with 24% support up five points from the same poll in November.

Bernie Sanders is in second place, with 18% virtually tied with Pete Buttigieg at 17 and with Elizabeth Warren at 15.

Biden has been at the top of most Iowa polls,

though Sanders

has had the lead in a Des Moines Register CNN Mediacom poll released on Friday with 20 percent.

Biden was fourth in that poll of 15 percent support. The Monmouth poll is notable because

43 percent of respondents said they are firmly decided on their top choice. That is up from 28 percent

in November. As people are firming up their choices, they are finally settling on Joe Biden. I've said for a while here that Joe Biden feels a lot like Mitt Romney in 2012. In 2012, Mitt Romney was the presumptive Republican nominee when he jumped into the race. He had, of course, come in second to John McCain in 2008. And then over the course of the race, people fell out of love with Mitt Romney over and over and over. Everybody got a chance at the top of that wheel of fortune.

Every single person, Michelle Bachman, Herman Kane, everybody got a chance in 2012. And then finally, everybody kind of went, okay, I guess we'll give it to Romney. And it seems like that may be happening with Joe Biden. In recent weeks, Biden has sought to revive a flagging operation in Iowa, spending more time in the state and outlaying more on online and TV ads ahead of the February 3rd caucus. Biden's frontrunner status in this poll could cause him to come under fire from his rivals on Tuesday as six Democratic candidates meet in Des Moines for the final debate before the caucuses, along with Warren, Sanders, and Buttigieg. He faces Minnesota Senator Amy Klobuchar and billionaire activist Tom Steyer. Steyer is showing some signs of life in the early states after a huge amount of spending. Amy Klobuchar has never been able to really catch fire. The poll also revealed more about who voters would support as a second choice, according to Bloomberg. Under Iowa caucus rules, supporters of candidates who don't receive at least 15% on the first round actually have to switch to a viable candidate so the second picks of supporters could prove important. So let's say that 8% of people vote for Tom Steyer, well, now they have to switch. Who are going to switch to? Morin leaves for second choice. 23% said they would pick her if their first choice did not make the cut. Up from 17% in November. Buttigieg was virtually tied with Sanders at 15 and 14% respectively. Biden was the second choice of only 10%. In other words, it seems as though everybody who is voting for Biden, he is their first choice. There are not a lot of people who are thinking, okay, well, if Warren falls out, I'm moving over to Biden. If Warren drops out, then probably that goes to Sanders. If Sanders drops out, that goes to Warren. If Buttigieg drops out, that probably breaks between all of the various candidates. But when pollsters ask likely caucus goers who they would pick if the only viable candidates in their caucus site were in the top four, Biden sat at 28 percent, Buttigieg at 25, Sanders at 24, Warren at 16%. And one person who will not be taking part

in the Iowa caucuses is, of course, Corey Booker, to whom we've been a fond, farewell, we say

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