The events of the last few days are any indication, we’ve entered the dog days of the Democratic primaries. With the Iowa caucuses in just two weeks and one less candidate on a rapidly shrinking stage, the two most progressive candidates in the race, longtime friends Bernie Sanders and Elizabeth Warren, are engaged in what appears to be their first fight, though it’s debatable whether this a sign of gloves-off negative campaigning or simply fake beef spun by a moderate press interested in sidelining two people with comparatively freaky ideas and getting back to the lukewarm bath of a mediocre, centrist status quo.