Article snippet: Sen. MORE (Calif.) is off to the fastest start among Democrats who have already entered the 2020 presidential race, say party strategists and donors closely following the contest’s early stages. Harris has trailed former Vice President MORE (I-Vt.) in a few polls, including a Monmouth University survey released earlier this month. But she has surged ahead of the other contenders who are actually in the race — including Democratic Sens. MORE (N.Y.). And in Iowa, an Emerson College poll shows her only behind Biden among caucusgoers. Neither Biden nor Sanders has entered the race, and the polls showing them at the top of the contest likely reflects their widespread name recognition. Biden served eight years as vice president to MORE in 2016 for the party’s presidential nomination. Harris, in contrast, has not been on the national stage nearly as long. She was elected to the Senate in 2016 in a campaign that first brought her to national attention. Democrats attribute her strong standing to a relatively seamless launch last month. They say Harris largely beat her competitors to the punch in announcing a full-blown presidential campaign and capitalizing on the momentum which followed. “There’s always been this motto, 'You have one day to launch and you have to get it right,' and Kamala crushed it,” said Robert Wolf, a prominent Democratic donor. “It’s the day that you have all the media buzz, the grass-roots excitement and to tell your story. That is the one day al... Link to the full article to read more