Warren draws 20,000 in NYC, the undisputed biggest draw of the field
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I was in New York City’s Bryant Park in 2003, in awe as around 10,000 cheered Howard Dean. In that electrifying moment, everything seemed possible. The Dean campaign was an unassailable juggernaut! We know how that story ended. The moral? Crowd sizes aWarren draws 20,000 in NYC, the undisputed biggest draw of the field
I was in New York City’s Bryant Park in 2003, in awe as around 10,000 cheered Howard Dean. In that electrifying moment, everything seemed possible. The Dean campaign was an unassailable juggernaut! We know how that story ended. The moral? Crowd sizes aren’t everything. Bernie Sanders supporters learned that lesson in 2016. That’s all to say, Elizabeth Warren’s crowds aren’t an indication of inevitability. She’s not even the front-runner! But damn, not only does she draw numbers, but she takes selfies with all attendees. That is, hours and hours of selfies with thousands of supporters (over 50,000 at last count), and through it all, boundless energy (and a preternatural resistance to getting sick!). xNearly four hours after she finished her speech, Elizabeth Warren makes it to the end of the selfie line pic.twitter.com/bSqrkum8iM— Thomas Kaplan (@thomaskaplan) September 17, 2019 Just watch that clip, and wonder how you would fare, standing four hours taking thousands of selfies, and then end it with that kind of energy! How about instead of a debate, Warren and Donald Trump face off on a selfie line? Read more