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Senator Elizabeth Warren’s coterie of progressive supporters expressed support for her private meeting with Hillary Rodham Clinton, calling it a potential win for economic populism.

“It is positive news that Hillary Clinton is meeting with Elizabeth Warren and other progressives – and it will be even more positive news if economic populist thinkers are appointed to her inner circle,” said Adam Green, co-founder of the Progressive Change Campaign Committee.

The Times reported on Tuesday that Mrs. Clinton held a private, one-on-one meeting with Ms. Warren in December and sought the senator’s policy ideas.

Mr. Green said in a statement that Democrats would be better positioned to win the general election in 2016 if they campaigned on Ms. Warren’s economic message of expanding Social Security benefits and reining in big banks.

Ms. Warren, a Democrat from Massachusetts, has said repeatedly that she has no plans to run for president next year.