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Lindsey Graham’s strategy: Take down Rand Paul

South Carolina Sen. Lindsey Graham may still be weighing whether to run for president, but he already has a strategy — distancing himself from fellow senator Rand Paul.

In TV appearances, on the campaign trail, and even in private fundraisers, Graham, an Air Force reservist and one of his party’s most prominent defense hawks, has gone after Paul repeatedly and by name, casting him as weak-kneed and unwilling to protect the country from aggressors.

Insiders: Rubio has upside in early states

As he prepares to launch his presidential campaign on Monday, Marco Rubio is seen as significantly more electable by early state insiders of both parties than Ted Cruz and Rand Paul, his GOP Senate colleagues who are already in the race.

Rand Paul’s kinder, gentler libertarianism

Rand Paul used to be libertarian. Now he describes himself as “libertarian-ish.”

It’s a slight distinction, but an important one.

Clinton To Announce This Weekend

It looks like Hillary Clinton will be the third major candidate, and the first Democrat, to announce her campaign for the White House. From this morning’s Washington Post:

Hillary Clinton to announce plans to run for president on Sunday

Hillary Rodham Clinton will formally enter the presidential race with an announcement this weekend, three people familiar with her plans told The Washington Post.

The announcement via social media and a video is planned for Sunday, two of those people said, and Clinton is ... Read More >>

Louisiana Gov. Bobby Jindal, showing an apparent move toward a presidential campaign, has hired Henry Goodwin as his initial staffer in New Hampshire.

Yes. We know the 2016 Presidential election is 579 days away. But we wanted to know how big of a role will Nevada play in the upcoming election. Local political scientists Dr. Eric Herzik and Dr. Fred Lokken predict Nevada, once again, will have a big impact.

“We’ve voted for the winner in every presidential election except for 1976,” said Herzik. “No state has a better record of voting for the winning candidate.”

The question has percolated in GOP circles since the new year began, with presidential primary state activists wondering why the New Jersey governor isn’t doing a better job keeping in touch and rival GOP campaigns happily pointing to Christie’s diminished stature in the polls.