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Via The Hill
Democratic Sens. Elizabeth Warren (Mass.) and Cory Booker (N.J.) have become the Democratic Party’s secret weapons in some of its toughest states this cycle.
They can rally key portions of the Democratic base — women, African American and young voters — and effectively deliver the populist, progressive message that resonates with blue-collar workers in the South. Outside of President Obama, Warren and Booker are two of the party’s biggest fundraising powerhouses, able to rake in hundreds of thousands in a single event.
“For Elizabeth Warren, obviously a natural place for her is to make a pitch to women voters, progressive women voters,” said Penny Lee, a former political adviser to Senate Majority Leader Harry Reid (D-Nev.). “Cory Booker, as a former mayor, he can speak about urban issues and reforming schools, and talk to African American communities.
“You want to play into their strengths, maximize their energy and enthusiasm.”
Warren is perhaps the best messenger in the party for the populist pitch that polling has shown resonates with voters of both parties. The failure of her student loan reform bill earlier this month due to Republican opposition was used by both Alison Lundergan Grimes, who is challenges incumbent Republican Sen. Mitch McConnell in Kentucky, and Natalie Tennant, who is vying for a Senate seat in West Virginia, to argue that Republicans are on the wrong side of pocketbook issues and aren’t committed to helping the middle class.
But with close ties to the national Democratic Party and Obama, the two senators are also potential liabilities for vulnerable Dems.
Republicans take every opportunity to tie Grimes to President Obama and what they’re calling his “War on Coal.”
Warren’s visit to the state this weekend is giving them yet another opportunity to do so, with GOP group American Crossroads issuing an ominous-sounding fundraising video that characterizes Warren as the “queen of class warfare” and “president Obama’s biggest fan.”
“Liberals unite,” reads on-screen text over pictures of Warren and Grimes. “Stop them this November.”
More specifically, Warren’s campaigning has given Republicans an opportunity to hit red-state Democratic candidates on the Obama administration’s new Environmental Protection Agency regulations on carbon emissions, which Republicans say is another salvo in his “War on Coal.”
In West Virginia, where Warren is scheduled to campaign for Tennant next month, GOP opponent Rep. Shelley Moore Capito’s (R) campaign looked to tie Warren’s support of the regulations to Tennant — even though Tennant vehemently opposes the standards.
Capito’s spokeswoman, Amy Graham, also pointed to Warren’s push for gun control as evidence of how out-of-touch she is with West Virginia — and, in turn, how out-of-touch Tennant must be too.