"They were working very hard, but they were getting no support from Brooklyn because Brooklyn's strategy was: we contest and win Iowa, New Hampshire, Nevada and South Carolina, then we start working on other states," said Garry Mauro, who was chairman of Bill Clinton's 1992 campaign in Texas and is a longtime friend and confidante of the Clintons.. "It was very disheartening for some of our super volunteers to see Sanders people with organized volunteers and organizers on the ground actually holding meetings."