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March 16, 2015

Lindsey Graham ramps up staffing for possible 2016 bid

Brittany Bramell, a former spokeswoman for House Speaker John Boehner, will spearhead communications for Security Through Strength, the PAC that is laying the groundwork for the South Carolina Republican’s long-shot bid.

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March 14, 2015

21 Democrats who could (maybe) take Hillary Clinton’s place in 2016

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.

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March 13, 2015

In New Hampshire, Bush Finds a Familiar State for His Family

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.

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March 12, 2015

Why Don’t Democrats Have a Bench? Blame Gerrymandering and Their 2010 Debacle,

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.”

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March 12, 2015

Martin O’Malley: ‘Important’ for secretary of state to use official server

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.

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March 12, 2015

10 questions for Bobby Jindal

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.

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March 12, 2015

Democrats Have No Bench? Be serious.

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.

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