These questions provide the brain waves of the Democrats as we head into Iowa’s caucus in just two weeks, and the pattern does not favor the Clinton campaign. The former secretary of state could lose both Iowa and New Hampshire, an outcome her campaign has long feared and is now preparing for in earnest. How else to read her debate performance last night but as an appeal to what could become the crucial South Carolina primary where African Americans comprise a majority of the Democratic electorate? Some commentators were puzzled that Clinton positioned herself as the candidate of continuity at a time when voters seemingly want change. Perhaps, Clinton was keen to send the signal to African Americans, who become a significant percentage of the electorate as the campaign moves South, that she is the more reliable heir to President Obama’s legacy. For example, the Clinton attack that Sanders will dismantle Obamacare is clearly designed to concern African Americans who are among the law’s staunchest supporters. This is a very conventional tactic, based on a static reading of a voting bloc that can be as dynamic as any other, but probably polls well.