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Are even Democratic voters “ready for Hillary”? Are they having buyer’s remorse before even completing the sale? There’s no way to know without a real choice, such as the one Obama offered in 2008, so that indulging the Warren fantasy may be the best method of approximating an answer. Still, if they’re not ready now, one may reasonably expect that they will be when the time comes. Among the New Hampshire poll respondents, the Herald reports, “a whopping 84 percent . .. have favorable views of [Mrs.] Clinton,” and 68% say her email coverup is “not that serious.” By contrast, in the Quinnipiac poll, 51% of the broader electorate in Florida and Ohio, and 52% in Pennsylvania, say the scandal is “important in their vote for president.” Which is another reason Democrats might have misgivings about nominating Mrs. Clinton by default. Without the test of a serious primary challenge, how strong a candidate would she make in the general election? True, the Quinnipiac poll has her leading every Republican tested except Bush in Florida and Paul in Pennsylvania. But that may just be because she’s considerably better known than any of them. Just 3% of Florida voters and 4% of Ohio and Pennsylvania ones say they “haven’t heard enough about her” to have an opinion. The only Republican who comes close is Bush, and only in Florida (at 9%), where he was governor for eight years. At some point—in 8½ months, to be precise—the “anyone but” voters are going to have to start making up their minds. Over the weekend, as the Daily Caller notes, Jennifer Granholm, a former Michigan governor and senior adviser to the Ready for Hillary

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Are even Democratic voters ready for Hillary? Are they having buyers remorse before even completing the sale? Theres no way to know without a real choice, such as the one Obama offered in 2008, so that indulging the Warren fantasy may be the best method of approximating an answer.Still, if theyre not ready now, one may reasonably expect that they will be when the time comes. Among the New Hampshire poll respondents, the Herald reports, a whopping 84 percent ... have favorable views of [Mrs.] Clinton, and 68% say her email coverup is not that serious. By contrast, in the Quinnipiac poll, 51% of the broader electorate in Florida and Ohio, and 52% in Pennsylvania, say the scandal is important in their vote for president.Which is another reason Democrats might have misgivings about nominating Mrs. Clinton by default. Without the test of a serious primary challenge, how strong a candidate would she make in the general election? True, the Quinnipiac poll has her leading every Republican tested except Bush in Florida and Paul in Pennsylvania. But that may just be because shes considerably better known than any of them. Just 3% of Florida voters and 4% of Ohio and Pennsylvania ones say they havent heard enough about her to have an opinion. The only Republican who comes close is Bush, and only in Florida (at 9%), where he was governor for eight years.At some pointin 8 months, to be precisethe anyone but voters are going to have to start making up their minds. Over the weekend, as theDaily Callernotes, Jennifer Granholm, a former Michigan governor and senior adviser to the Ready for Hillary PAC, sounded like a Mafia enforcer: Martin OMalley, hes a very nice guy, and I was thinking he might make a nice member of a President Clinton administration, so he better watch it.The issuance of a threat against such a nugatory opponent suggests that the anyone but sentiment has Mrs. Clintons camp worried.Now You (c)(3) It...Jeb Bush has given his tacit endorsement to a new group that can collect unlimited amounts of money in secret, part of a bold effort by his advisers to create a robust external political operation before he declares his expected White House bid, reports the Washington Post:The nonprofit group, Right to Rise Policy Solutions, was quietly established in Arkansas in February by a friend and former Bush staffer. The group shares the name of two political committees for which Bush has been aggressively raising moneyblurring the line that is supposed to separate a campaign from independent groups.While ideological nonprofits have become major players in national politics in recent years, this marks the first time one has been so embedded in the network of a prospective candidate.