Elizabeth Warren's challenge: Breaking out of murky middle
Democratic presidential candidate Sen. Elizabeth Warren, D-Mass., second left, is joined on stage by Rep. Deb Haaland, D-N.M., Rep. Katie Porter, D-Calif., and Rep. Ayanna Pressley, D-Mass., during a campaign event at Rundlett Middle School, Sunday, Feb. 9, 2020, in Concord, N.H. (AP Photo/Matt Rourke)
By WILL WEISSERT and JULIE PACE
MANCHESTER, N.H. (AP) Elizabeth Warren isnt struggling like Joe Biden. But she isnt soaring, like Pete Buttigieg and Bernie Sanders.
Instead, the Massachusetts senator enters a critical stretch of the campaign relegated to the murky middle. She has to convince voters she has a viable path to the nomination, even if that path is unclear. Her campaign has spent millions of dollars flexing organizational muscle throughout the country, but shes lagging in her own backyard ahead of Tuesdays New Hampshire primary.
I think its going to be tough if she doesnt do well, said Neil Levesque, executive director of the New Hampshire Institute of Politics at Saint Anslem College.
Warrens standing has frustrated her supporters and advisers, who have watched last summers surge stagnate and struggled to kick the campaign into a new political gear. They are also aware of the realities of her situation, including the fact that her fundraising has fallen off since she pulled in an impressive $24.6 million last summer.
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