memeorandum: John Dickerson to replace Bob Schieffer on ‘Face the Nation’ (Hadas Gold/Politico)

6:45 PM ET, April 12, 2015

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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.

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 …

Discussion: AMERICAblog News, Daily Kos, Addicting Info, NPR, National Review and Guardian

Maureen Dowd / New York Times:

Grandmama Mia! — WASHINGTON — WHEN my brother Michael was a Senate page, he delivered mail to John F. Kennedy and Richard Nixon, who had offices across the hall from each other. — He recalled that Kennedy never looked up or acknowledged his presence, but Nixon would greet him with a huge smile.

Discussion: Hot Air, Mediaite, RedState, Washington Post and The Huffington Post

Annie Karni / Politico:

Hillary Clinton readies presidential launch — With an announcement on social media, she will pick up where she left off 7 years ago. — With much anticipation but little drama, Hillary Clinton is expected to officially announce Sunday she is running for president, a launch that will begin …

Discussion: msnbc.com, Deadline, Bloomberg Business, American Spectator, The National Interest, John Hawkins' Right Wing News, Taylor Marsh, New York Times and Washington Post

Jennifer Epstein / Bloomberg Business:
Hillary Clinton Makes it Official: 'I'm Running for President'

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Robert Costa / Washington Post:
For Republicans, ‘Stop Hillary’ campaign begins in earnest

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Jesse Byrnes / The Hill: Obama says Clinton would be an ‘excellent president’

New York Times:

A New Phase in Anti-Obama Attacks — It is a peculiar, but unmistakable, phenomenon: As Barack Obama's presidency heads into its twilight, the rage of the Republican establishment toward him is growing louder, angrier and more destructive. — Republican lawmakers in Washington and around …

Discussion: BREITBART.COM, The Daily Banter, The Gateway Pundit, Liberaland, RedState and American Power

Nancy LeTourneau / Washington Monthly:

What Divides Us — By now you might have read what Dick Cheney said to Hugh Hewitt this week about President Obama. When I heard about it I struggled with whether to react or simply dismiss it as just more nonsense coming from the lunatics in the Republican Party.

Discussion: Progress Pond

Washington Post:

Thousands dead, few prosecuted … On a rainy night five years ago, Officer Coleman “Duke” Brackney set off in pursuit of a suspected drunk driver, chasing his black Mazda Miata down rural Arkansas roads at speeds of nearly 100 miles per hour. When the sports car finally came to rest in a ditch …

Discussion: Prairie Weather

Hadas Gold / Politico:

John Dickerson to replace Bob Schieffer on ‘Face the Nation’ — CBS News political director John Dickerson has been named the next host of “Face the Nation,” host Bob Schieffer announced Sunday. — Dickerson's first turn in the anchor chair will take place this summer …

Discussion: BREITBART.COM, FOX News Radio, Ed Driscoll, Liberaland and Le·gal In·sur·rec· tion, more at Mediagazer »

Daniel Halper / Weekly Standard:

Brooklyn Hit With Anti-Hillary Street Art — A source sends along these photos from Brooklyn today of anti-Hillary Clinton signs everywhere. Clinton is expected to announce her presidential campaign later today. The campaign's headquarters are located in Brooklyn.

Discussion: BizPac Review and Moe Lane

Michael Goodwin / New York Post:

Oh Hill no! Clinton's stale presidential plan wrong for nation — America's moved on, but Hillary hasn't. — More than five years ago, a Clinton confidant matter-of-factly described for me Hillary's Plan. She would resign as secretary of state after President Obama's first term …

Discussion: Roger's Rules and The Gateway Pundit

John F. Burns / New York Times:

The Things I Carried Back — CAMBRIDGE, England — THE light was fading on the hills above the Arno, and my closest friend in the careworn ranks of foreign correspondents was sitting cross-legged on a canopied Chinese daybed, in a lovely old tree-shaded house in his native village, a brisk walk from the heart of Florence.

Discussion: Hullabaloo

Nancy Dillon / NY Daily News:

California cop accused of tickling, tampering with corpse of man killed by police — A California cop is on paid leave for allegedly tickling and tampering with the corpse of a man shot and killed by police - and the dead man's outraged family wants answers, their lawyer said.

Discussion: Mediaite