Warren's top surrogate is big on social media, always happy ? and covered in fur

Bailey surfaced in an email fundraising request on Jan. 14, with an embedded gif of the dog along with Warren and her husband, Bruce Mann.“Bailey had his own photo line, wore a ‘Bailey Cam,’ and probably answered more media questions than I did (for the record: yes, he’s a very good eight-month-old boy),” Warren wrote, describing a road trip to nearby New Hampshire. Campaigning is hard work!”Later, a fundraising request signed by Mann noted how he sends pictures of Bailey to Warren when she’s traveling outside of Massachusetts and New Hampshire.“Bailey, our new golden retriever, and I miss her, but I send her a “Morning Bailey” email every morning with a photo. (She’s been posting them to her Instagram if you want to get your fix, too.)” All of that was an outgrowth of Bailey’s steady presence since Warren’s launch, from the impromptu televised news conference outside her home to a recent New Hampshire campaign stop, where a group of supporters began chanting: “Bailey! She has my vote.” An outside Twitter account emerged, @FirstDogBailey, complete with “Run Bailey Run!” memes.After Warren posted pictures of herself washing Bailey before a campaign event, an account on Twitter named “We Rate Dogs,” which has 7.8 million followers, commented: “omg.” Warren responded, then a back-and-forth ensued that drew tens of thousands of interactions. “I don’t even think a dog catcher would get elected simply because they’re shooting themselves with their dog.”While it seems clear Warren’s campaign is milking every bit of good will — and every dollar — that Bailey can summon, the senator's love of dogs isn’t new.