I can understand the frustration but there are two important reasons why Warren does not factor prominently at this point:
1) Being the candidate of well-educated liberals is basically a dominated strategy in Dem primaries. Where's she going to win? Look at the Iowa county map. She took a strong third, and she won, just barely, in a single county. In NH, she could end up winning one town, Hanover
To create momentum in Dem primaries, you usually have to win states, starting with places. And her coalition is just not suited to it.
2) The single two candidates with the most obvious momentum--Sanders and Buttigieg--are the two that most obviously pry away at the two flanks of her coalition, the ideologically consistent progressive vote and the well-educated/meritocratic suburban vote
And if you take these two things together, it is hard to see where she can go from here: if you take where we are now, and set it in motion, she fades out. Now, something could happen to change this, but she needs a fundamental shift in the dynamics currently at play
Klobuchar shows of strength do factor prominently at this point, because it can prevent the consolidation of the moderate-wing.
Warren could have had the same effect on the left, but Sanders is positioned well enough to make it less of a question
Warren could have had the same effect on the left, but Sanders is positioned well enough to make it less of a question
It doesn't stop it. But for the reason you've noted, and to reframe what I said above, Sanders is strong enough to make the split on the left a less important question. Similarly, consolidation in the center would make Warren a bigger question
