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Hillary Clinton’s Grip on the “Invisible Primary”

Hillary Clinton announced her bid for the presidency only a little over a month ago, but analysts are already calling her campaign a steamroller and a juggernaut. To the casual election watcher, this might seem premature, since not a single Democratic primary voter has cast a ballot.

As Democratic presidential candidate Hillary Clinton fights through several mini-scandals, her approval rating has been skidding, sending her “favorability” rating to a seven-year low.

In a new report, Pew Research Center said that her rating crossed the 50 percent mark this month and now sits at 49 percent. It was lower, at 48 percent, way back in May 2008 when she was being pushed out of the presidential race by then Sen. Barack Obama.

Insiders: Benghazi testimony works to Hillary’s advantage

Three out of four Democratic insiders in the early states believe testifying before Congress about the attacks on the U.S. consulate in Benghazi, Libya, will work to Hillary Clinton’s advantage.

Former Vermont Gov. Howard Dean spoke to progressive activists in New Hampshire late Sunday in support of Democratic presidential candidate Hillary Clinton.

Hillary’s launch delay

Hillary Clinton’s official entry into the presidential race on April 12 came in the form of a slick YouTube video and a series of choreographed round-table events in Iowa, where Clinton asked more questions than she answered and listened more than she spoke. A more traditional big-picture speech and rally outlining Clinton’s vision for the country’s future and her reason for running, the campaign said, would follow in May.

House liberals play hard-to-get with Hillary Clinton

More than 30 members of the House Progressive Caucus still aren’t ready to back Hillary Clinton’s campaign, saying she has a ways to go to show she would champion their agenda as president.

Should Bush Fight for Iowa?

The POLITICO Caucus is chock-full of interesting insights from leading Iowa and New Hampshire political insiders on the 2016 nomination contests. Leading off, whether Jeb Bush should compete strongly in the Iowa Caucuses:

Insiders say Bush shouldn’t ignore Iowa

Jeb Bush’s failure to invest time in Iowa is the main explanation for his seventh-place finish in the latest poll of likely Republican caucusgoers.

The POLITICO Caucus, our weekly bipartisan pulse-taking of the most important activists, operatives and elected officials in Iowa and New ... Read More >>