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Jim Webb is a Marine. That doesn’t mean he’s eager to engage in any kind of combat—verbal or otherwise—with Hillary Clinton.

Webb Says Decision About ’16 Run Coming Soon

With four Democrats in the presidential contest, James Webb still has not made up his mind. Does he want to run?

A few months ago, at the outset of his travels and speeches focused on a possible White House bid, Webb, a decorated Vietnam War-era Democrat, let the question hang. On Thursday, the former Virginia senator and Marine veteran said he’ll know “pretty soon.”

Clinton Challengers See An Opening

While former Secretary of State Hillary Clinton continues to hold a commanding poll lead over her rivals for the Democratic nomination, recent controversies have taken their toll and her challengers are likely to benefit. From today’s Washington Post:

Clinton rivals pounce as her ratings fall

A once-sleepy Democratic presidential primary contest is fast coming alive as Hillary Rodham Clinton’s poll numbers fall and a diverse array of long-shot opponents step forward to challenge her.

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Hillary Clinton remains the overwhelming favorite among Iowa Democrats looking ahead to next year’s presidential caucuses, though Bernie Sanders has quickly risen as Elizabeth Warren’s proxy for the anti-establishment alternative.

Iowa aide to presidential hopeful Jim Webb resigns

The Democratic strategist who was running the Iowa effort for presidential hopeful Jim Webb has resigned, she confirmed to The Des Moines Register this afternoon.

Jim Webb: ‘We put ourselves on the line’ pursuing criminal justice reform

Former Sen. Jim Webb of Virginia, who is weighing a presidential run on the Democratic side, said advisers told him it would be “political suicide” to pursue criminal justice reform, which was a key issue for him during his single term in the U.S. Senate from 2007-2013.

It turns out that while Hillary Clinton was Secretary of State, the Clinton Foundation collected piles of cash (plus $500,000 in speaking fees for Bill Clinton) from Russian companies associated with an attempt by Putin cronies to gain control of a major North American uranium miner—for which they needed permission from Secretary Clinton’s State Department.