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Debate. i think its going to continue in terms of talking in depth about issues that actually matter to people. >> well, elizabeth warren has done that throughout the campaign so far. but the question is, suppose she now, having a front-runner status or at least a cofront-runner status in some polls, how does she handle it if there is incoming fire? shes been the policy candidate. shes been impressive by anyones standard to come from being marginalized to now leading in many polls. what happens ...

Elizabeth warren from the start of her campaign to where she is now, it is this idea that she is the policy candidate. shes got ideas, shes got a fix, shes got ways to approach all this stuff. now, the start of her campaign, of course, began disastrously badly because late last year she did release this long video that was an attempt to put away or manage the fact that she had claimed native american heritage on some forms during her years in academia. that failed. theres no mention as m.j. said...

Candidate? >> thats what shes doing. shes trying to bring the attention to herself. its a pretty smart tactic. she is trying to be the policy candidate, the one thats going to bring forth new and fresh ideas that will energize her base which are actually pretty dangerous. im a mother of four, so paying for child care sounds phenomenal. canceling all student loans and their debts sounds fantastic. but they are unrealistic, and it will just spiral our country into further catastrophe financially. ...

A little bit her political talents. one of the things that i think is interesting about warren is that she has carved out this niche as a policy candidate, the i have a plan candidate. her bio was pretty fascinating. i think she stayed away from it because of the questions around the claim of native american heritage. of everyone in this race, she is someone who grew up in a white working class family, this term that we use all the time. her brothers went and served. she dropped out at 19 from a...

In south carolina. >> elizabeth warren has mastered the art of these multicandidate forums. she can boil her speech down to five or seven minutes, she can hit her big ideas like her wealth tax idea, what that gets you, she can explain it in simple terms. she is very, very good at these kind of events, and she has branded herself as the policy candidate. she does not disappoint. now, the part of selling policy is selling herself as a capable person who can actually get those things done. she has,...

Were going to go live to a couple of locationsment lets start with alley vitale in franklin new hampshire covering warren and gillibrand. walk us through for starters, this new plan that warren is unveiling. >> reporter: yeah. thats exactly right. the plan that shes unveiling to to try to get at the racial wealth gap as it pertains to small business own eshs. how she plans to do that is $7 billion in grant money to try to give small business owners and raise the number of black, latino business ...

Could. you have seen the trump campaign be essentially delighted in recent days based on what our sources are telling us over the missteps you have seen from the biden campaign, including the reversal on the hyde amendment. including not attributing his policy statements properly, and not coming to iowa this past weekend when all of the democratic candidates were here because he was at his granddaughters graduation. instead, theyre going to try to use it against him today, framing the president ...

Economic patriotism. shes clearly continuing to bet, brooke, that being the idea candidate and the policy candidate will pay off in the end. >> what about just, mj, this issue of climate change, is it becoming a litmus test for the democratic candidates? >> reporter: as you mentioned this morning, joe biden put out his climate change proposal and i think it is important to note that this is an issue that so many of the democratic candidates are talking about. they are talking about it by relea...

No holiday weekend for 2020 contenders, theyre raising money, plotting strategy with the critical debate now just a month away, and of course out on the campaign trail. bernie sanders has been stumping in new hampshire, pete buttigieg is home in indiana while cory booker and elizabeth warren are spending memorial day in iowa. as warren continues to brand herself as the policy candidate, is it working with voters in the hawk eye state? nbc road warrior ali vitali has been on the road, and she joi...

Trying to mix her personal narrative with the way she pitches policy to voters. it matters they care and her idea of being a candidate with the plan, t-shirts say that, is percolating and voters are internalizing. so much so other voters said she feel other candidates arent talking about policy nearly enough. thats not necessarily true. some get on the stump and talk about policies. the fact warren is percolating at the policy candidate gives her branding to stand out from the field at this earl...