I’m proud to be in this fight alongside @JulianCastro. Together, we’re going to build the movement for big, structural change. https://t.co/EMzh5vOMtP
— Elizabeth Warren (@ewarren) January 16, 2020
Yes, I can hear you rolling your eyes so hard. But this is *my* happy place!
"Elizabeth Warren, in particular, seemed to have a breakout evening according to this metric. She not only received the highest marks for her debate performance, but her scores were high even relative to her pre-debate favorability rating."https://t.co/9gwg5iA6es
— Charlotte Clymer?️? (@cmclymer) January 15, 2020
10 out of 11 of these previously undecided Iowa voters think @ewarren did best at the #DemDebate.
Five of them will caucus for her, with one undecided.https://t.co/w7ZzWOG0Hv pic.twitter.com/IRhIIUNmnj
— Alexis #NoWarWithIran Goldstein ?????? (@alexisgoldstein) January 15, 2020
Really good @Bencjacobs piece on Warren and her more explicit electability argument in the final stretch. Interesting bit that speaks to her team planning for a long fight is that IA and NH staffers already know the next states they're being deployed to
https://t.co/lI1UnfXnSt— Alex Thompson (@AlxThomp) January 15, 2020
… Warren launched her campaign at a relative low point. She was polling in the single digits nationally and still trying to overcome recriminations over her decision to release a DNA test in attempt to rebut attacks over her claims of Native American heritage. Despite this, top operatives still flocked to join her campaign.
Her team was able to sort and sift through résumés, making a concerted effort to make hires based on finding candidates the team thought would be suited for the positive, ego-free workplace culture it was trying to build. One model for this approach was “The Cubs Way,” a book about how the Chicago Cubs finally won a World Series, as a guide for how to build an organization. The result is a staff devoted to its candidate, disinclined toward drama, and very disciplined.
The team has also built out its presence in the states holding primary contests in March and planned ahead to be able to take advantage of any momentum from early states. In contrast with past campaigns, in which staffers in states like Iowa and New Hampshire didn’t know their next assignment until after votes had been cast, these staffers have already been told their next destination. Further, Warren’s campaign has also consistently avoided issues with the nitty-gritty of qualifying for ballots in every state, which can often trip up campaigns. She was one of only two candidates to file a full delegate slate in Illinois…
Warren spent much of the race as the policy candidate, turning “I’ve got a plan for that” into an applause line on the stump to emphasize her intellectual bona fides.
Ian Sams, a Democratic strategist who was a top aide on Sen. Kamala Harris’ presidential campaign, told Insider that Warren “successfully demonstrated proficiency, skill, and knowledge through her policy agenda, which blotted out ability for media to scrutinize anything but policy” and “forced her rivals to focus almost exclusively on policy.” He added, “The thing about her policy is that it’s all pretty popular.”…
There is no “safe” candidate, there is only the right candidate. And there is no question about who she is! I’m proud to be All In for @ewarren! pic.twitter.com/ou3cvDjnvg
— Sally Field (@sally_field) January 15, 2020
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