memeorandum: 2016 President: Republican Outsiders Rising (Sabato's Crystal Ball)

4:50 PM ET, August 15, 2013

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2016 President: Republican Outsiders Rising — Plus: Could anyone beat Clinton in a primary? — Our most recent rating of Republican presidential contenders features a top tier of three notably different candidates: A Midwestern governor (Scott Walker) who is known best by the activists …

Discussion: Hot Air, VodkaPundit, Le·gal In·sur·rec· tion and Booman Tribune

Peter Hamby / CNN:

Christie raps potential 2016 rivals at Republican confab — Follow @politicaltickerFollow @PeterHambyCNN — Boston (CNN) - New Jersey Gov. Chris Christie planted himself firmly in the Republican Party's establishment wing Thursday with a pugnacious speech calling on his party to focus …

Discussion: Washington Monthly, Weekly Standard and The Daily Caller

Tal Kopan / Politico:

Bush daughter: Hillary Clinton should run — President George W. Bush's daughter Barbara said she would like to see Hillary Clinton run for president in 2016. — Barbara Bush, 31, called Clinton “unbelievably accomplished” in an upcoming interview with People magazine, saying she wants to see the former first lady mount a campaign.

Discussion: Alan Colmes' Liberaland

Alexander Burns / Politico:

Non-Clinton Dems ask: Why not me? — Ladies and gentlemen, it's time to meet the lesser-known Democrats of 2016. — After a slow start — by the hyperactive standards of contemporary politics — to the next round of presidential maneuvering on the Democratic side, the first signs of life …

Discussion: Hot Air and Althouse

Lara Seligman / Ballot Box:

GOP fears '16 free-for-all will help Clinton — GOP strategists are starting to worry that the sheer number of potential candidates for the party's 2016 presidential nomination could give an advantage to Democrats. — More than two dozen Republicans are eyeing the GOP presidential nomination …

Discussion: Politico, The Moderate Voice, ProfessorBainbridge.com and The Reaction

Paul Bedard / Washington Examiner:

Limbaugh, Hannity, Levin eyed as 2016 GOP debate moderators — WASHINGTON SECRETS REPUBLICAN PARTY CNN NBC HILLARY CLINTON RUSH LIMBAUGH 2016 ELECTIONS CAMPAIGNS — The Republican National Committee, already threatening to block CNN and NBC from hosting 2016 primary debates …

Discussion: ThinkProgress, Booman Tribune, Politico, No More Mister Nice Blog, Hot Air, The Week, The Dish, Ballot Box, Weasel Zippers, Pat Dollard, NewsBusters, Red Alert Politics, The Raw Story, Mofo Politics and RealClearPolitics Video Log

Ed Kilgore / Washington Monthly:
The Hastert Rule Writ Large

Discussion: Eschaton

Noah Rothman / Mediaite:
Limbaugh Says He is ‘Too Famous,’ Would ‘Overshadow’ This GOP Event

Discussion: Hot Air

Patrick Pexton / City Desk:

Ombo Sauce: Advice for Jeff Bezos From the Post's Former In-House Critic — Dear Jeff: — Congratulations! To paraphrase an old Riggs Bank saying, you've just bought the most important media institution in the most important city in the world; don't screw it up.

Discussion: Washington Monthly, Little Green Footballs, Mediaite, The Raw Story, FishbowlDC, TheBlaze.com, Eschaton and Balloon Juice

Dylan Byers / Politico:

Ex-Washington Post ombudsman: ‘Fire Jennifer Rubin’ — Patrick Pexton, who served as The Washington Post's ombudsman until March of this year, has written an open letter to incoming Post owner Jeff Bezos in which he calls on him to make editorial page editor Fred Hiatt fire Jennifer Rubin, the paper's conservative columnist.

Discussion: City Desk

PARADE Magazine:

Michelle Obama on the Move — What will Michelle Obama do next? In this weekend's issue, Parade talks to the first lady and finds out: She's taking her fight against childhood obesity to the next level, gearing up for parenting teenagers, and admitting she's hit her stride in the White House.

Discussion: Politico, Yahoo! News, Weasel Zippers, Post Politics, Red Alert Politics, Weekly Standard and TheBlaze.com

Emily Goodin / The Hill:
Michelle Obama thinks US is ready for first female president

Discussion: Weasel Zippers and Post Politics

Russell Simmons / Global Grind:

I Get It And I Respect It...The Harriet Tubman Video Has Been Removed. — In the whole history of Def Comedy Jam, I've never taken down a controversial comedian. When my buddies from the NAACP called and asked me to take down the Harriet Tubman video from the All Def Digital YouTube channel and apologize, I agreed.

Discussion: Gawker, CBS Los Angeles, Independent Journal Review, B. Scott videos …, Deadline.com, Mediaite, BBC, msnbc.com, theGrio and Colorlines

Rebecca Elliott / Politico:

Great-grandmother accuses Bob Filner — A great-grandmother is set to come forward Thursday afternoon accusing San Diego Mayor Bob Filner of sexual harassment. She will be the 15th woman to do so publicly and the third represented by celebrity attorney Gloria Allred.

Discussion: Mediaite and Alan Colmes' Liberaland

EndPlay / KGTV-TV:
Great-grandmother accuses Mayor Bob Filner of sexual harassment

Discussion: ThinkProgress, The Atlantic Online, The Week, Hot Air and Weasel Zippers

Catherine Thompson / Talking Points Memo:
Filner ‘Blurred Lines’ Parody Draws Criticism In San Diego (VIDEO)

Discussion: Los Angeles Times, Power Line and Voice of San Diego

Jason Millman / Politico:

HHS announces Obamacare ‘navigators’ — More than 100 groups will split $67 million to help people “navigate” the new Obamacare health insurance exchanges — more money than the administration initially said would be available but short of what advocates say will be needed to help people sign up …

Discussion: Daily Kos

Sam Baker / The Hill:
Administration awards $67M to ‘navigators’ promoting ObamaCare

Discussion: Weasel Zippers

Elise Viebeck / The Hill:
Planned Parenthood to get ObamaCare ‘navigator’ funds

Discussion: The Heritage Foundation

George F. Will / Washington Post:

Obama's unconstitutional steps worse than Nixon's — President Obama's increasingly grandiose claims for presidential power are inversely proportional to his shriveling presidency. Desperation fuels arrogance as, barely 200 days into the 1,462 days of his second term …

Discussion: Sense of Events, msnbc.com, The PJ Tatler, National Review, Hot Air, Outside the Beltway, The Jawa Report, Power Line, Weasel Zippers and ProfessorBainbridge.com

Jeremy Herb / The Hill:

Pentagon unveils new measures to combat sexual assaults in military — The Pentagon on Thursday unveiled a series of new initiatives designed to address the problem of sexual assault in the military and give greater protections to victims. — Defense Secretary Chuck Hagel announced …

Discussion: Politico and Washington Post

James Taranto / Wall Street Journal:
Hagel's Science of Logic

Discussion: New York Times, National Review and The Daily Caller

TMZ.com:

WWE Superstar Darren Young Comes Out — I'm Gay — WWE superstar Darren Young just dropped a bombshell, telling TMZ, he's gay ... and no, this isn't part of the act. — Darren was at LAX Wednesday when we asked whether a gay wrestler could succeed in WWE, and Darren laughed, saying, “Absolutely.

Discussion: ThinkProgress, CBS DC, B. Scott videos …, Mediaite, LGBTQ Nation, theGrio, Gay Star News, The Week, The Raw Story, WJLA-TV, On Top Magazine Headlines and The Daily Caller

Washington Post:

Editor's note — By Washington Post Editors, Published: August 15 at 11:16 am — Washington Post Managing Editor Emilio Garcia-Ruiz: “A few days ago, The Syrian Electronic Army, allegedly, subjected Post newsroom employees to a sophisticated phishing attack to gain password information.

Discussion: Le·gal In·sur·rec· tion, The Verge, The Switch, Mashable, Washington Post, The Daily Banter, City Desk, The Huffington Post, WJLA-TV and The Daily Caller, more at Mediagazer »

New York Times:

Egypt Seethes as Toll Rises and Islamists Take to Streets — Violent new protests erupted on Thursday and world condemnation widened as the death toll from the crackdown by security forces a day earlier surpassed 500.

Discussion: ThinkProgress, Gawker, Daily Kos, Taylor Marsh, Althouse, Outside the Beltway and Business Insider

Wall Street Journal:

Sony Finalizing Online Pay-TV Deal With Viacom — Preliminary Agreement Is a Boost for the Japanese Company as It Races to Secure Content Rights — By - AMOL SHARMA And - SHALINI RAMACHANDRAN - — Sony Corp. has reached a preliminary agreement with Viacom Inc. to carry …

Discussion: Gizmodo, GigaOM, Deadline.com and The Verge, more at Mediagazer »

Lydia Saad / Gallup:

Obama's Economic Approval Slips to 35% — Was 42% in June; decline mirrors drop in overall approval — PRINCETON, NJ — Despite President Barack Obama's renewed focus on the nation's economy this summer, crisscrossing the country to talk about job creation, he scores worse with Americans on the economy than he did in June.

Discussion: The Hill, Hot Air, Independent Journal Review, Rush Limbaugh, The Dish, AEIdeas, Weasel Zippers, Politico, Red Alert Politics, National Republican …, National Review and TheBlaze.com

Daily Mail:

Horrifying moment Egyptian protestors pushed an armoured police van 50ft off a bridge before officers were stoned by mob — After it landed, protesters attacked it and threw stones at the wreckage while under fire from police — Not clear how many people were on board …

Discussion: iOwnTheWorld.com, The PJ Tatler, The Jawa Report, Wall Street Journal, The Gateway Pundit, ParaPundit, Israel Matzav, Jerusalem Post and Reuters

Nate Cohn / The New Republic:

This State Is Democrats' Best Chance to Pick Up a Senate Seat — Democrats are in danger of getting disappointed in Kentucky, where early poll numbers belie McConnell's big advantages. If people are really buying Wendy Davis and a “blue Texas,” Democrats might be doubly disappointed.

Discussion: Washington Monthly

Andrew Kaczynski:

Republican Congressman: If We Try To Defund Obamacare, We Lose The House Of Representatives — “And whether we win the battle or not, we've lost the war because Nancy Pelosi's now speaker of the House.” — View Video › — Republican Rep. Adam Kinzinger said Wednesday …

Discussion: Weekly Standard

AllThingsD:

Facebook to Test Its Own PayPal Competitor in Bid to Simplify Mobile Purchases — Facebook plans to test a new payments product that would allow online shoppers to make purchases on mobile apps using their Facebook login information, according to sources familiar with the company's plans.

Discussion: The Verge, ABC News and GigaOM