For Hillary Clinton and Jeb Bush, It's Time to Get Serious
Each would have liked to scare off the competition or at least put enough distance behind them to set the pace, stockpile cash, and leave the details and the fighting for later.
What Do Jeb Bush, Hillary Clinton Bring to the 2016 Race?
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With Republican Jeb Bush's official campaign kickoff from Miami, two days after Democrat Hillary Clinton's first major stump speech from New York, the two marquee legacy names of the 2016 presidential race are in it now, for real.
One is mostly running against herself. The other is still trying to separate himself from the pack, not to mention his sometimes inconvenient political dynasty. Both are haunted by the notion of becoming some version of the 2008 Clinton, a supposedly prohibitive favorite who lost the expectations game and, ultimately, the nomination, to a political upstart.