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7:40 PM ET, April 12, 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 …
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.
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.
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Daily Mail:
'I'm running for President': Hillary Clinton enters 2016 race  —  BAGGAGE: Mrs. Clinton's time in the Obama administration may be her albatross, including her stewardship of the State Department before, during and after the 2012 terror attacks in Benghazi, Libya  —  TRANSCRIPT: HILLARY'S LAUNCH VIDEO - ‘GETTING STARTED’
Niall Stanage / The Hill:
Hillary: 'I'm running for president'  —  Hillary Clinton will make a second bid for the White House, she announced Sunday in a video posted to her new campaign website.  —  “I'm running for president,” the Democrat says in the video, adding that “everyday Americans need a champion.
Discussion: msnbc.com and Firedoglake
Maureen Callahan / New York Post:
Hillary Clinton faces scandal amid expectant presidential run  —  Expected to announce her presidential run Sunday, Hillary Clinton has been attempting to rebrand herself: She's Hillary 2.0, campaigning out of Brooklyn, a more accessible, relatable candidate who learned the lessons of her bruising …
Robert Costa / Washington Post:
For Republicans, ‘Stop Hillary’ campaign begins in earnest
Discussion: Hullabaloo, The Agonist and CNN
Luis Martinez / ABC News:   John Kerry Praises Hillary Clinton, Plans to Avoid ‘Hurly Burly’ of 2016 Race
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 …
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Nancy LeTourneau / Washington Monthly:
What Divides Us  —  By now you might have read what Dick Cheney …
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 …
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
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 …
 
 
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