New: As Biden and Pete up their attacks on Warren, her response is largely: no comment
no surrogates on TV
no Twitter fights
no statements bashing Biden/Pete
Internally, the campaign calls the comms approach "Blinders and Bulletin Board"
w/ @MarcACaputo politico.com/news/2019/11/0…
no surrogates on TV
no Twitter fights
no statements bashing Biden/Pete
Internally, the campaign calls the comms approach "Blinders and Bulletin Board"
w/ @MarcACaputo politico.com/news/2019/11/0…
@MarcACaputo as in, "put your blinders on to the horserace drama and stick your retorts on a bulletin board rather than tweeting them out." Warren's comms director has an actual bulletin board (not all staffers do) on which she also posts naysayer stories about Warren as a motivation tool.
@MarcACaputo The unconventional comms approach has baffled many of Warren's rivals. Biden's advisers said they’re just fine with Warren’s MO. Politics abhors a vacuum, they said, and her lack of a response amplifies their criticisms and makes it easier to define her as an "elitist."
@MarcACaputo Some strategists say she's smart to not get into a back-and-forth w/ other Dems. Those Dems are popular w/ voters and bashing them is not actually what voters want despite the media's "blood-lust" for conflict, says @danpfeiffer 
@MarcACaputo @danpfeiffer Warren's team says they're not pacifists but rather are adapting to the modern media environment where responding to everything (sorta the old Warr Room model) can distract from more important tasks and muddle their message. Sometimes responding can make it an even bigger deal
@MarcACaputo @danpfeiffer While she hasn't attacked other Dems, Warren's camp has also very bluntly criticized Zuckerberg, Amazon, Jamie Dimon etc. On Monday, billionaire investor Leon Cooperman cried on CNBC after Warren's tweetstorms which followed his own harsh words. realclearpolitics.com/video/2019/11/…
@MarcACaputo @danpfeiffer On Tuesday, Biden pubbed a Medium post attacking Warren--and honestly giving her a freebee by repeating the attacks at a fundraiser w/ real estate moguls. Amid the barrage, the only tweet Wednesday from CM Roger Lau was: "I really love this team"
@MarcACaputo @danpfeiffer And re: not attacking other Dems. Chief Strategist @rospars gave some insight on this to @davidplouffe "Elizabeth Warren is at the top of people's consideration set and the person that the fewest number of people would be disappointed if she's the nominee" projects.economist.com/democratic-pri…
@MarcACaputo @danpfeiffer @rospars @davidplouffe Basically, the campaign is proud that among the other candidates, Warren's is most voters 2nd choice. Attacking other Dems could hurt that.
@MarcACaputo @danpfeiffer @rospars @davidplouffe Still, James Carville (star of the original War Room documentary!) thinks it's a mistake. “How are you going to run for president — and run against President Trump — around a campaign that doesn’t answer questions and debate your own policy proposal?"
Interesting thread from Hillary alum Christina Reynolds about responding/fighting Trump.
