The Definitive H&H Jim Webb Scouting Report
He brings a Bob Kerrey-esque existential fearlessness about taking on the Clinton machine, but can he climb over Sanders and O'Malley?
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What he’s got: Unusual and potentially potent resume as a decorated (including two Purple Hearts) Vietnam War veteran, Reagan administration assistant secretary of Defense and Secretary of the Navy, union member, and one-term Democratic senator from the battleground state of Virginia; image as an iconoclastic outsider/straight talker; Bob Kerrey-esque existential fearlessness about taking on the Clinton machine.
What he lacks: National name recognition; an avid following; a donor network outside the Old Dominion; early-state support; presidential campaign experience; demonstrated capacity to fight back against media and opposition scrutiny.