Elizabeth Warren's challenge: Breaking out of murky middle

[Omaha Steve]

Democratic presidential candidate Sen. Elizabeth Warren, D-Mass., second left, is joined on stage by Rep. Deb Haaland, D-N.M., Rep. Katie Porter, D-Calif., and Rep. Ayanna Pressley, D-Mass., during a campaign event at Rundlett Middle School, Sunday, Feb. 9, 2020, in Concord, N.H. (AP Photo/Matt Rourke)

By WILL WEISSERT and JULIE PACE

MANCHESTER, N.H. (AP) — Elizabeth Warren isn’t struggling like Joe Biden. But she isn’t soaring, like Pete Buttigieg and Bernie Sanders.

Instead, the Massachusetts senator enters a critical stretch of the campaign relegated to the murky middle. She has to convince voters she has a viable path to the nomination, even if that path is unclear. Her campaign has spent millions of dollars flexing organizational muscle throughout the country, but she’s lagging in her own backyard ahead of Tuesday’s New Hampshire primary.

“I think it’s going to be tough if she doesn’t do well,” said Neil Levesque, executive director of the New Hampshire Institute of Politics at Saint Anslem College.

Warren’s standing has frustrated her supporters and advisers, who have watched last summer’s surge stagnate and struggled to kick the campaign into a new political gear. They are also aware of the realities of her situation, including the fact that her fundraising has fallen off since she pulled in an impressive $24.6 million last summer.

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[BlueMTexpat]

1. Elizabeth is steady as she goes!

And that is her strength.

She keeps on persisting.

The primaries are a marathon, not a sprint.