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The brick-fronted tract house with a satellite dish and a yellow fire hydrant in front looks like many middle-class homes in Florida’s capital, except for the two names on the deed.

The revelation that the former secretary of state managed America’s top diplomatic correspondence at a nondescript email address on a private server is part of a long pattern of Clintonian irregularities. Nearly unanimous condemnation of her behavior has made starkly clear how brittle the appeal of the former first lady and U.S. senator really is.

CONCORD, N.H. (AP) — When former Florida Gov. Jeb Bush lays the groundwork for an all-but-certain White House bid in the state hosting the nation’s first presidential primary, he will be confronting a mixed record of voting for members of his family.

Hillary Clinton’s self-inflicted e-mail nightmare has not boosted any of her potential rivals for the presidency. In one of the more comprehensive looks at why this is so, the power trio of Jonathan Martin, Maggie Haberman, and Nick Confessore cited the Democrats’ own numbers to demonstrate how badly they’d been marginalized in the Obama years, down “more than 900 state legislative seats and 11 governorships.”

Former Maryland Gov. Martin O’Malley says if he were president, it would be important as commander in chief to have his secretary of state use the official server for business.

Louisiana Gov. Bobby Jindal carries several distinctions among the large group of 2016 Republican presidential hopefuls. A child of Indian immigrants, he became a Rhodes Scholar, state health secretary at age 24, House member at 33, governor at 36. Now 43, he’s the youngest—and arguably most conservative—potential candidate.

Dan Balz of the Washington Post says Democrats have a problem for 2016: “The absence of a strong Democratic bench.” National Journal’s Josh Kraushaar replies, “Spot-on.” The New York Times repeats the “weak bench” line and quotes Democrats who agree that their party would be in trouble without Hillary Clinton.