In the Big Apple, a big contrast between two campaigns

[brooklynite]

NBC News

WASHINGTON — Last night was a tale of two different Democratic presidential campaigns in New York City.

One — Kamala Harris’ — was raising money, appearing on MSNBC’s Rachel Maddow, as well as with Jimmy Fallon.

The other — Elizabeth Warren’s — turned out 20,000 New Yorkers in Washington Square Park.

Nine months ago, when the Dem 2020 race just started, it was unclear who was going to leave the largest mark between these two female candidates.

[highplainsdem]

1. The Harris campaign has reportedly been busy reasssuring donors. But as far as national attention

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goes, or even viewers in NY, appearances on TRMS and the Tonight Show get more attention than a Washington Square Park rally.

Though the massive crowd and long selfie line at Warren's rally were also very good for her.

It was an impressive crowd.

But if you want to draw a large crowd of liberals to a poltical event, Washington Square Park on a beautiful September evening is the place and time to do it, since that's one of the most (if not the most) liberal neigborhoods in the most liberal city in one of the most liberal states in the country. (Btw, I like Washington Square Park, would visit it often when I lived in NYC, even though I lived on the Upper East Side, Murray Hill, and briefly on the West Side.)

It was good timing and staging. Good campaigning.