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  • -The location was Tempe, Arizona.

  • The address, the Marquee Theater,

  • a music venue that, on this occasion,

  • was packed to hear Democratic

  • presidential candidate Elizabeth Warren.

  • -And while Donald Trump may be willing to look the other way,

  • President Warren will not.

  • -And Warren, the quintessence of the happy crusader,

  • wowed the crowd.

  • Watcher her in Tempe and on the following evening

  • at a high school in Henderson, Nevada,

  • you got the impression of a headliner

  • who knew that galvanizing a room is an act of electrification.

  • -Today is my 118th town hall.

  • -Perhaps it's a skill she perfected

  • as a popular professor at Harvard law school.

  • In any event, on the road, she's a oratorical rock star.

  • -Our best values.

  • Dream big! Fight hard!

  • And let's win!

  • -Let's take a look at Elizabeth Warren the performer.

  • -I'm very honored by the opportunity to introduce

  • to you the next President of the United States of America,

  • Elizabeth Warren.

  • -Warren bounds on to a stage.

  • Her wardrobe is a blouse worn untucked over dark slacks

  • and open toed black shoes.

  • The outfit conveys a lack of pretense,

  • a person ready to meet you on equal terms.

  • The affect is upbeat, barely contained energy.

  • She just can't wait to tell you stuff.

  • -Now, here's the good news.

  • I have the biggest anti-corruption bill

  • since Watergate.

  • -The aura of informality is a counterpoint

  • to the powerhouse performance to come.

  • -I don't want a government

  • that works for giant multi-national corporations.

  • I want one that works for our families.

  • -It's almost as if you're attending

  • a one-woman Broadway play.

  • She's as agile as many physical comedians.

  • She uses her hands gracefully,

  • driving home points with precise fluid gestures.

  • -We got to be an America that works for everyone.

  • We have the chance to do this. -In her native Oklahoma twang,

  • she can speak for 30 minutes or longer without notes

  • or "um"s or "er"s.

  • -And head off to law school, baby on hip.

  • By the end of the third year,

  • graduate from law school, visibly pregnant.

  • You will discover a pattern to this.

  • -And her presentation, seasoned with humor,

  • tells a story that skillfully integrates her own biography

  • with a political philosophy.

  • -That's not just the lesson my mama taught me.

  • It's what millions of Americans

  • do in this country every single day.

  • -A philosophy that she is able to boil down

  • to what sounds like everyday common sense.

  • -And they take care of the people they love

  • because that's what Americans do.

  • That's who we are.

  • Hello, Arizona!

  • -There's nothing stuffy about this Harvard egghead.

  • The rock concert format in Tempe was ideal for her.

  • With the crowd standing in the dark and pressed forward,

  • she and they could feed off each others exuberance.

  • One of the features of her appearances

  • is her announcement that she will remain afterward

  • and take a selfie with anyone who wants one.

  • -Like I said earlier, if anyone wants to stay for a selfie,

  • I'll stay as long as you want.

  • -The lines for those selfies ran the length of the venue

  • and out the back door.

  • It was another not so subtle signal

  • that this was an applicant who really,

  • really wants the job.

-The location was Tempe, Arizona.

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