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Clinton crushes Webb, ties Bush in Virginia poll

Jeb Bush and Hillary Clinton are running neck-and-neck in Virginia, according to a new Christopher Newport University poll released Monday.

Bush grabbed 48 percent among registered voters in the state, compared with 46 percent for Clinton. Other Republicans appear to be gaining on Clinton as well, judging by the results of the same poll conducted in February.

Hillary or Elizabeth?

That was the question that Walt Pregler, the chairman of the Dubuque County Democratic Party of Iowa wanted to ask of roughly 60 of his fellow county chairs and committed Democratic activists at a meeting earlier this month of the First District Central Committee, which represents the most Democratic portion of this first-in-the-nation caucus state.

The 2016 Presidential Candidates and Their Scandals

As more presidential candidates begin to campaign for 2016, the gloves are starting to come off. New scandals are being unearthed or created, and old controversies are undoubtedly going to be pulled out of the closet time and time again.

In an effort to organize the obloquy, we’ve put together a simple info graphic outlining the major scandals attached to each candidate in each party, starting with the Democrats.

Democratic rivals pitch themselves on Sunday TV as Clinton is represented by stand-ins

Democrats in the emerging 2016 presidential field angled for exposure on the morning talk-show circuit on Sunday as the formidable front-runner, Hillary Rodham Clinton, stayed out of the fray and sent emissaries instead.

Former Maryland governor Martin O’Malley and former Virginia senator James Webb pitched themselves as possible alternatives, with O’Malley declaring during an appearance on CBS’s “Face the Nation” that it would be “an extreme poverty indeed” if no Democrat mounted a serious challenge to Clinton for the nomination.

Potential Democratic challengers to Hillary Clinton offered direct and veiled response to the dominant frontrunner’s presidential announcement on Sunday.

Both Democrats are toying with a presidential run, both are facing long odds in that endeavor, and both shared a stage at the Polk County Democrats Awards Dinner in Des Moines, Iowa, on Friday night.

But, as was evident at the dinner, that is where the similarities end.

Former Virginia Sen. Jim Webb and former Maryland Gov. Martin O’Malley will head to the first-in-the-nation caucus state Thursday as part of a multi-day trip for the prospective candidates. The two had committed to headlining a Polk County Democrats Awards Dinner earlier this year, but in the face of an imminent Clinton announcement — and the fact they are still exploring bids — both Webb and O’Malley beefed up their schedules in Iowa.