Elizabeth Warren Gains Ground in 2020 Field, One Plan at a Time

[ehrnst]

Ms. Warren has become a favorite candidate among the activist left and is the subject of a viral tweet or video on a seemingly daily basis, but she still trails Mr. Biden by double digits in polls and does not seem to have broken through in New Hampshire, the critical primary state that neighbors her Massachusetts home.

Her ability to raise money over the long haul also remains a major question mark. In the first quarter of the year, before Mr. Biden entered the race, her fund-raising lagged that of four other candidates: Senator Bernie Sanders of Vermont, Senator Kamala Harris of California, former Representative Beto O’Rourke of Texas and Mayor Pete Buttigieg of South Bend, Ind.

Still, interviews with more than two dozen attendees at Ms. Warren’s campaign events in Iowa over Memorial Day weekend suggested that her steady stream of policy proposals was getting voters’ attention. Her “I have a plan for that” campaign slogan has become a rallying cry for supporters.

“That’s going to be her big selling point,” said Joel Williams, 20, a college student who went to see Ms. Warren in Oskaloosa on Sunday. “The specifics that really go to the heart of people’s frustrations with the system as it is.”

https://www.nytimes.com/2019/05/28/us/politics/elizabeth-warren-2020.html

[Demit]

1. "The best president money can't buy," signs and T-shirts for her campaign say.

It doesn't mean she won't accept the usual donations that non-millionaires & non-billionaires make, it means she won't be doing the special cultivating things like big-money fundraisers or ‘call time,’ when candidates take hours to call wealthy donors to ask for their support.