Among the Warren Stans at The Wing’s Mock Caucus
Hillary Clinton’s former Iowa caucus field director led members of the feminist co-working space in a stab at the quadrennial ritual
The pitches were coming fast and furious: Elizabeth Warren is the unity candidate. No, it’s Bernie Sanders who has the best chance to win. Actually, Joe Biden has the experience needed to take the United States forward. Don’t forget that Amy Klobuchar has a track record of beating Republican incumbents! But if we’re being real, Pete Buttigieg can take on Donald Trump.
These conversations could have happened at any caucus site in Iowa; instead, they took place at the SoHo branch of The Wing, the exclusive women’s club and co-working space. The mock caucus allowed members and their guests to forget New York’s inconsequential April 28 primary, and instead indulge in an evening of imagining their political views mattered as much in the process as those of a Midwestern soybean farmer.
At the helm was caucus pro Denise Feriozzi, Hillary Clinton’s Iowa caucus field director and a principal at Civitas Public Affairs Group. Her job on Monday night was educational. Standing in front of a humongous screen broadcasting CNN, before a crowd of around 70 women and a few men sitting in coral-colored folding…
