Senator Elizabeth Warren (D-Massachusetts) did not get her presidential campaign off to a great start, but that seems to be changing now.As the only Democratic candidate to offer a series of specific proposals to make life better for most Americans, she seems to be getting the attention of Democratic voters. In the three most recent polls, she has shown a significant climbing in support (finishing above Bernie Sanders in one of the three polls).
Here is part of what Max Greenwood said about this in The Hill:
Sen. Elizabeth Warren’s (D-Mass.) almost single-minded focus on policy and her ambitious field organizing may be starting to pay off.
A handful of national polls released this week show the Massachusetts senator gaining on her competition, even placing second to former Vice President
Joe Biden in one survey. At the same time, she has largely cemented her standing as the leader of the ideas primary; a candidate who has managed to secure consistent media coverage and draw curious voters to campaign events by issuing a steady stream of detailed progressive policy proposals on everything from corporate consolidation in the agriculture sector to mounting student loan debt. “She definitely, I think, stumbled a little out of the gate. But the last week to 10 days have obviously been her best,” Joe Trippi, a veteran adviser to multiple Democratic presidential campaigns, said. “She’s obviously done very well.”. . . At the same time, Warren has largely established herself as a kind of thought leader in the Democratic field, embracing her reputation as a detail-oriented policy wonk who excels at explaining often-complex proposals to audiences. One slogan, “Warren has a plan for that,” has become a rallying cry for the senator’s supporters. Her regular release of policy proposals has guaranteed her steady coverage in the media, while also putting pressure on her opponents to stake out positions of their own.
