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8:05 AM ET, April 13, 2015

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Amy Chozick / New York Times:
Hillary Clinton Announces 2016 Presidential Bid  —  Ending two years of speculation and coy denials, Hillary Rodham Clinton announced on Sunday that she would seek the presidency for a second time, immediately establishing herself as the likely 2016 Democratic nominee.
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Jonathan Chait / New York Magazine:
Why Hillary Clinton Is Probably Going to Win the 2016 Election  —  This is not a toss-up.  —  Shares  —  Unless the economy goes into a recession over the next year and a half, Hillary Clinton is probably going to win the presidential election.  The United States has polarized into stable voting blocs …
Hillary Clinton / Guardian:
The Guardian view on Hillary Clinton: hammering the glass ceiling (again)  —  The case for a first Madam President is inarguable.  The case for a second President Clinton is still to be made  —  he couldn't quite shatter the glass ceiling in 2008, but she vowed that the “18 million cracks” …
Paul Krugman / New York Times:
It Takes a Party  —  So Hillary Clinton is officially running, to nobody's surprise.  And you know what's coming: endless attempts to psychoanalyze the candidate, endless attempts to read significance into what she says or doesn't say about President Obama, endless thumb-sucking about her “positioning” on this or that issue.
Mark Hensch / The Hill:
Romney: Clinton a ‘creature of Washington’  —  Former Gov. Mitt Romney (R-Mass.) on Sunday said that former Secretary of State Hillary Clinton had spent too much time in Washington, D.C. to benefit Americans as their next president.  —  “People want to see change and Hillary Clinton is not that person …
CNN:
First on CNN: Hillary Clinton takes road trip to Iowa  —  (CNN)Iowa or bust.  —  Hillary Clinton is kicking off her second bid for the White House with a road trip, riding from New York to her first campaign stop on Tuesday in Iowa.  She was spotted on Sunday evening chatting with people at a gas station in Pennsylvania.
Bill Curry / Salon:
Hillary Clinton just doesn't get it: She's already running a losing campaign
Maureen Callahan / New York Post:
Hillary Clinton faces scandal amid expectant presidential run
Discussion: Betsy's Page
Niall Stanage / The Hill:
Hillary: 'I'm running for president'
Discussion: msnbc.com
Daily Mail:
'I'm running for President': Hillary Clinton enters 2016 race
Discussion: Scared Monkeys and Ed Driscoll
Roger Kimball / Roger's Rules:
Clinton Fatigue Returns
Juan Williams / The Hill:
For 2016, a tidal wave of cash  —  The most stunning political news of the year to date is last week's revelation that a group of super-PACs has already raised $31 million to support the presidential bid of Sen. Ted Cruz (R-Texas).  —  And last week also brought the most intriguing political news …
Politico:
Why Marco Rubio couldn't say no  —  “For Marco, being told he can't do something is a challenge.”  —  Some of Marco Rubio's early backers called themselves the Three Percent Club, because that's where the ambitious young Republican was polling when he began running for U.S. Senate six years ago.
Mark Z. Barabak / Los Angeles Times:
Obama conquered the West for Democrats, but now it's back in play  —  When President Obama claimed the Democratic nomination en route to the White House, he planted his party flag in this Rocky Mountain capital, vowing to end Washington's dysfunction and find elusive consensus around issues such as immigration, guns and abortion.
Maria Abi-Habib / Wall Street Journal:
U.S. Widens Role in Saudi-led Campaign Against Houthi Rebels in Yemen  —  Washington has concerns about Riyadh's goals in the conflict  —  The U.S. is expanding its role in Saudi Arabia's campaign in Yemen, vetting military targets and searching vessels for Yemen-bound Iranian arms amid growing concerns …
Matea Gold / Washington Post:
Wealthy donors on left launch new plan to wrest back control in the states  —  SAN FRANCISCO — A cadre of wealthy liberal donors aims to pour tens of millions of dollars into rebuilding the left's political might in the states, racing to catch up with a decades-old conservative effort that has reshaped statehouses across the country.
Discussion: Political Wire and Prairie Weather
Tom Kertscher / JSOnline:
Driver, teen shot to death after van hits and kills toddler  —  The van that struck and killed a toddler in the 4600 block of N. 48th St. and the area surrounding it are cordoned off by police tape.  The driver, who stayed at the scene, was fatally shot.  And a 15-year-old at the scene also was fatally shot.
 
 
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