Elizabeth Warren running in Franconia, NH pic.twitter.com/HSRci798p2
— MJ Lee (@mj_lee) August 14, 2019
Expanding on those who may not support Democrats/her now, Warren says she wants to win them over now *and* after she is President:
“We’re gonna pull a whole lot more of them in… once we make a first couple of those big changes.”
— MJ Lee (@mj_lee) August 14, 2019
Looks like a photoshopped backdrop, doesn’t it? But from what I’ve seen of that area, it actually is that pretty, at least in the summer and fall. My favorite Senator has lived in New England long enough to know that she might as well do some campaigning outside of arenas and auditoriums while she can…
Progressives who backed Bernie in 2016 have more options to choose from this time. Some are picking Warren.
“I think Americans have very short attention spans. Wanting the new flavor all the time, you know?" a Sanders backer lamented in NH. https://t.co/KuyXoIaVC7
— Igor Bobic (@igorbobic) August 15, 2019
… Four years ago, New Hampshire voters put Sanders on the national map and catapulted him into a heated primary contest against the establishment favorite, former Secretary of State Hillary Clinton. Now the senator has to repeat his strong performance in the first-in-the-nation primary, eight days after the Iowa caucuses, if he has any chance of making it to the convention next summer.
Unlike in 2016, however, Sanders is facing several well-funded opponents who are battling with him for front-runner status in the early nominating states ― some of whom are running for president for the first time. (Former Vice President Joe Biden is currently leading the polls.) The progressive firebrand who took the left by storm several years ago still has his loyal supporters, of course, but he no longer has the “it” factor of four years ago. He’s still railing against the political establishment and the “corporate media,” but his radical ideas on job security, health care and education don’t seem so radical anymore, at least among a significant chunk of the Democratic Party ― something he acknowledged this week on the campaign trail…
Speaking of taking advantage of the summer recess, props to Nancy Smash…
In fairness to #MoscowMitch we should convene a symposium on whether it is right to call #MoscowMitch #MoscowMitch or whether we should call #MoscowMitch something besides #MoscowMitch https://t.co/9e94sWsZ0U
— Josh Marshall (@joshtpm) August 14, 2019
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