“It was kind of a pain in the ass to be thinking about her all the time,” recalled one Clinton transition official.
As the Clinton transition team fielded ideas from senators in the final months of the campaign, Warren was treated as a “first among equals,” according to a Clinton transition official.
Clinton transition aides remember Bharat Ramamurti, a top Warren policy aide now on her presidential campaign, occasionally dropped into the office.
But as many politicians did in November 2016, Warren had to scrap her planned remarks.
It’s unclear how many of them would stock a would-be Warren administration but their influence would be undeniable.

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