Elizabeth Warren's campaign collapse has led to finger-pointing and self-doubt among staffers and outside allies, who believe that even with the headwinds of sexism and electability she faced, the nomination was within reach
Elizabeth Warren’s campaign brass realized they had bungled her budget at the worst possible time.
That was just one of several mistakes campaign officials are grappling with now as they contemplate how Warren’s once-surging campaign ended without placing above third in any of the first 18 contests. The campaign’s collapse has led to finger-pointing and self-doubt among Warren staffers and outside allies, who believe that even with the headwinds of sexism and electability she faced, the nomination was within reach.
This account is based on interviews with more than two dozen people with intimate knowledge of Warren’s operation. They include some of her most senior aides, as well as junior staffers who implemented strategy and outside allies who worked closely with the campaign. “People watching closely got as complete a view of Elizabeth Warren as anyone who’s ever run for president, and she is more beloved because of it,” he said in a statement. “She is a tireless fighter with an uncommon humility and humanity, and it’s precisely that rare combination that would have made her a uniquely great president.”
But most of the advisers and allies said that sexism doesn’t capture the entire story; some argued it’s a distraction to paper over missteps. Warren was the Democratic frontrunner for weeks in the fall, they noted, and victory slipped through their grasp. “People really knew her as a fighter for the middle class. And people would shout at us [at campaign events], ‘The middle class is getting hammered!’ So we knew they knew who she was,” said Abby Clark, the deputy field director on the 2012 race who also volunteered for Warren in New Hampshire and Massachusetts this year. “The language was accessible and people got it. The meaning of ‘big structural change’ is mystifying to the average person.
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