33anda3rd wrote:
She's trending up. She's now third behind Biden and Sanders in most polls. Interestingly, a South Carolina poll ran three head-to-head polls this week.
Biden vs Sanders - Biden +55
Biden vs Pete - Biden +61
Biden vs Warren - Biden +52
As she gets her name out there, I think more and more voters will like what she has to say. Add this to a Pro for Warren: outside the lineage thing that she should have stayed away from, she seems averse to slip-ups on speech or policy. The more her message and her image are seen, the more she is liked. Kind of the opposite of candidates like Beto and Pete.
This is great news and I agree, people are going to come around on her and I think leaning into the Native American [expletive] up early was a good move, even though it cost her momentum. Not that she had much choice. I just think that by the time the primaries start in earnest, she's going to have a huge head start on coherent messaging and people will have forgiven or forgotten that mistake.
I think visibility will have the opposite effect on Biden, which is probably why he hasn't been out there nearly as much as you'd expect. The more he opens his mouth, the less people like him, and that's been the case his entire career, Obama coattail riding aside.
Am I optimistic?!