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"Warren is preparing a robust, official launch to her presidential campaign in her home state of Massachusetts next week.." #SundayMorning #BlueWave2020
politico.com/story/2019/02/…

2-"..“There’s no question Warren is out front of the rest in terms of organization,” said former Barack Obama strategist David Axelrod. “She has scored some of the prized early-state organizers, is doing the kind of campaigning one has to do in the early states, and this follows

3-"a 2018 in which she was probably more active than any other candidate in contacting and assisting voters. It’s not determinative but it’s meaningful.” Warren’s ability to get off the ground early was bolstered by more money — $12.5 million to start — than Senate colleagues who

4-"like Warren, won reelection in 2018 and are also considering a White House bid. And Warren’s early start allowed her to lock down top-flight staff, especially in Iowa, New Hampshire and South Carolina. Within four days of her “soft” launch, Warren had appeared before a

5-"combined total of more than 3,000 people in Iowa. And last week, she drew more than 1,000 people to an event her campaign threw in Columbia, South Carolina. At each of those stops, Warren’s aides collect information from prospective voters, whom the campaign contacts later by

6-"phone, email or both. “In a crowded field, whoever can out-organize and out-mobilize with boots-on-the-ground supporters would absolutely have an edge,” said Dave Jacobson, a national Democratic strategist who worked in the field for Hillary Clinton in Iowa in 2008. Jacobson

7-"said Barack Obama employed a staff-heavy, grass-roots campaign while Clinton attempted a more “nationionalized” approach. “It was so stark — the Clinton team’s ability vs. the Obama team’s ability to turn people out,” he said." ~politico