Sen. Elizabeth Warren (D-MA) told MSNBC that she was not referring to Joe Biden in her speech on corruption in New York City earlier this week: “No. It’s talking about whether we’re going to turn backwards and just say the only problem is Trump. If we get rid of Trump, everything will be just fine.”

She added: “The way I see it, things have been broken for a very long time, for decades now.”

First Read: “Maybe most important of all, the NBC/WSJ poll shows that both Biden and Warren have potentially winning coalitions.”

“Biden enjoys significant advantages with African Americans, older Dem primary voters (those traditionally most likely to show up), and moderates and conservatives.”

“Warren, on the other hand, has the strong edge with liberal Democrats, women with college degrees and those who want large-scale change.”

“Bottom line: You can make the case that either is the frontrunner – right now – to win the Dem nomination.”

“Demographic shifts, progressive organizing efforts and President Trump’s potential weakness in the state appear to be providing Democrats in 2020 with their best shot at capturing the state since Bill Clinton won it more than two decades ago,” Politico reports.

“A new poll, commissioned by a state labor union and released today, shows Trump running neck-and-neck with Elizabeth Warren and Joe Biden in theoretical match-ups.”

“That poll follows several other recent surveys with more bad news for Republicans. A late July survey — conducted by Trump’s own pollster — showed the president losing to Biden, and another in August reported a tie. In Arizona’s closely-watched 2020 U.S. Senate race, two of those polls show GOP Sen. Martha McSally in a tie and a third shows her trailing Democrat Mark Kelly.”

A new Wall Street Journal/NBC News poll finds Joe Biden leading the Democratic presidential field with 31%, followed by Elizabeth Warren at 25%, Bernie Sanders at 14%, Pete Buttigieg at 7%, Kamala Harris at 5%, Andrew Yang at 4%, Cory Booker at 2%, Amy Klobuchar at 2% and Beto O’Rourke at 1%.

When asked to name their second choice, Warren had 21%, followed by Sanders at 16%, Buttigieg at 12% and 11% for Biden.

Key takeaway: “Biden and Warren were the only candidates whose support grew meaningfully since a July survey. But measures of voter enthusiasm for Warren have risen during the year while declining for Biden.”

“Some 70% of Democratic primary voters rated themselves as enthusiastic about or comfortable with Warren, compared with 64% who said so of Biden.”

Second takeaway: “Only 9% of all Democratic respondents say their minds are definitely made up.”

Katrina vanden Heuvel: “Democrats can no longer take their ‘blue wall’ in the upper Midwest for granted; that much is clear. But winning back the states that Trump turned red should not come at the expense of the party’s efforts to expand the electoral map, compete for new voters and build a more diverse coalition nationally. If it does, Democrats are likely to regret it even if they pull off a victory in the presidential race.”

“Narrowing the playing field to a few swing states could severely undermine Democrats’ efforts to win back the Senate. The potential success of the next president’s domestic agenda depends on control of the upper chamber, where Republicans currently hold 53 seats. With legitimate pickup opportunities in Arizona, North Carolina and Georgia (where two seats are up for grabs), Democrats need to energize voters in places that are widely considered less winnable and therefore less important to the outcome of the presidential race than the Rust Belt. Fiercely competing for those states’ electoral votes could help generate the enthusiasm Democrats need to swing the Senate and advance progressive goals.”

“The Trump campaign released a video Tuesday that goes after former Vice President Joe Biden for his verbal gaffes, which are interspersed with comments from various news anchors commenting about whether he has stamina to run a presidential race,” The Hill reports.

CNN: “President Trump spoke for 95 minutes at a campaign rally in New Mexico on Monday night, among the longest speeches he’s given as President. We’re still working through the long transcript, but we know he made at least 26 false claims, most of them ones he’s often repeated over the past several months.”

A new Emerson poll in California shows a three-way race for the Democratic presidential nomination with Joe Biden and Bernie Sanders tied at 26%, followed closely by Elizabeth Warren at 20%.

A significant drop is seen between this tier and the next group of candidates; Andrew Yang is in fourth at 7%, followed by Sen. Kamala Harris at 6%, former Rep. Beto O’Rourke at 5% and Mayor Pete Buttigieg at 4%. Every other candidate is at 2% or less.