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NEW: Two months till Iowa, the chess match is on

nytimes.com/2019/12/07/us/…
Warren & Bernie are blocking one another from consolidating the left, but are attacking...Pete

Pete is trying to protect his Iowa lead by showing progress in...S Carolina

And Biden is on an 8-day Iowa bus tour but wouldn’t mind....Pete winning there

nytimes.com/2019/12/07/us/…
And the Get Pete movement intensifies:

@Claire4Iowa likens @PeteButtigieg to “a vanilla ice cream cone” 🍦

and

Tom Vilsack said Pete reminds him of another newcomer who dazzled many Iowans in ‘04: John Edwards (in terms of his newness not his “character,” Vilsack made clear)
Also:

the biggest emerging story in Iowa right now may be @amyklobuchar positioning herself to be the compromise pick for moderates who fear @PeteButtigieg is too green/can’t beat Trump and believe @JoeBiden needs to pass that baton
@ewarren dropping the “I’m not here to criticize other Dems” bit to attack Pete is getting the attention.

But as interesting is what she is doing somewhat more subtly: emphasizing her gender.

Her attempt to merge populism/feminism w Gilli/Kamala v billionaires AND her stump
@ewarren .@ewarren folks concede she won't frontally attack @BernieSanders so she's doing implicit contrast by noting what makes her different from him.

She's vowing, for example, to wear a pink Planned Parenthood scarf at her inauguration. And has sprinkled her stump w refs to gender
@ewarren @BernieSanders There's been a notable shift in Pete's paid messaging that calls to mind @jbouie sharp column ystdy about the limited benefit of "wokeness:"

a prominent Dem told Pete's people to drop the multi-point plan pitch and emphasize his faith + military service to broaden his appeal
@ewarren @BernieSanders @jbouie Can't overstate how important it is for Iowa Dems to know @PeteButtigieg can win beyond there. They've gotten it right since '92, caucuses are already under fire + they don't want to highlight their whiteness.

No surprise this spot is airing there >

host2.advertisinganalyticsllc.com/admo/#/view/17…
@ewarren @BernieSanders @jbouie @PeteButtigieg Speaking of ads, 1 of the biggest topics of conversation among @ewarren rivals: why did she wait to go on the air in IOWA

via @Ad_Analytics:

OCTOBER:

Buttigieg: $1,279,092
Sanders: $1,949,794
Warren: $0

NOVEMBER:

Buttigieg: $2,401,211
Sanders: $1,973,700
Warren: $925,712
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