Warren Whips Up Progressives in West Virginia

“Populist Sen. Elizabeth Warren (D-MA) got a rock-star reception during a standing-room-only campaign rally here Monday, as hundreds of liberal activists cheered her broadsides against corporate interests and voiced hopes that her presence might shift the political winds in an increasingly Republican state,” the Washington Post reports.

“The rally on behalf of Senate candidate Natalie Tennant was the latest in a string of recent Warren appearances in red and blue states alike, where Democratic base voters have embraced her fiery message as an envoy to working-class voters frustrated with both Wall Street and the Obama administration.”

National Journal: “It may trigger some cognitive dissonance to picture Warren in one of the reddest states on the 2014 Senate map–but the freshman senator from Massachusetts has nothing to lose and everything to gain by helping out Democratic candidates in important races this year, particularly if she’s considering a national campaign in 2016 or beyond.”