Warren's campaign at a crossroads as once-rising star confronts disappointing finishes

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Sen. Elizabeth Warren started her campaign with a big gamble: She'd build a huge organization in Iowa that would power her to victory there, propelling her to a win in New Hampshire and giving her unstoppable momentum to the Democratic nomination.

Disappointing finishes in Iowa and New Hampshire now suggest the gamble has failed. And the rapidly shifting landscape has left the reeling Warren campaign with one more last-ditch bet: that in a party increasingly divided between democratic socialist Sen. Bernie Sanders and centrists like Pete Buttigieg, she can pitch herself as the one person to bring the sides together.

The campaign and its allies have signaled it is seeking to retool in several ways beyond the strengthened unity pitch: renewing outreach to minority voters, especially women; signaling that Warren will tell more personal stories on the stump; seeking to steadily win delegates even in states where she does not come in first; and relying on potential allies such as the Culinary Union.

But time is short and money limited, and it’s not clear whether Warren, who for much of the past year seemed as good a prospect as anyone to win the Democratic nomination, can regain her momentum in the face of the rising strength of Sanders (I-Vt.), Buttigieg and Sen. Amy Klobuchar (D-Minn.), with former New York mayor Mike Bloomberg waiting in the wings.

https://www.washingtonpost.com/politics/warrens-campaign-at-a-crossroads-as-once-rising-star-confronts-disappointing-finishes/2020/02/12/7b7f4446-4cd8-11ea-b721-9f4cdc90bc1c_story.html

[LisaM]

1. This is so disappointing to me.

I was so depressed last night. I couldn't even watch the returns.

[PatrickforO]

3. Well, there are a couple of silver linings in the cloud.

Warren will still be a Senator, and failing that, may very well get a cabinet position. She'd make a hell of a Secretary of Commerce.

If she stays in the Senate, I always thought she kind of took over as the Lion of the Senate from Teddy. She's developed a solid record there, too.

And, if something really good happens and she shows well or even wins in NV, she could still pull it out.

[calguy]

2. I don't see her going on after Super Tuesday

The support just is not there. Same might be said of my candidate, Biden. No support, no donations. No donations, no future.

[blm]

4. I stand with the anticorruption candidate, Elizabeth Warren.

She is uniquely prepared to face the most corrupt administration in US history.

Some dim bulbs are advising Dems turn the page and let the corrupt off the hook. Yeah, that’s what got us Bush2 and......Trump.

[dragonlady]

5. Now is the time

to Dream Big, Fight Hard!