The "Who is running?" tea leaves thread

[RogueBeaver]

SC has doubts about Cruz.

[Mr. Morden]

http://www.politico.com/story/2014/04/2016-election-jeb-bush-family-105748.html

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[RogueBeaver]

Paul will meet top Romney donors in Boston next week.

[Atlas Has Shrugged]

Looks like Mung Beans is heading to Iowa. Testing the water with potential Kloubuchar donors perhaps?

So I'm going off to Iowa tomorrow...

[Mr. Morden]

On Bush's 2016 decision and his family:

http://www.politico.com/magazine/story/2014/04/will-jeb-bush-run-2016-a-family-affair-105795.html?ml=m_pm#.U1NQX6UWH4Y

[RogueBeaver]

Rubio's K Street donor base grows.

[Mr. Morden]

Romney's holding another retreat for party elites, and Christie, Huckabee, Paul, and Ryan will all attend:

http://www.washingtonpost.com/blogs/the-fix/wp/2014/04/20/inside-the-romney-retreat/

[RogueBeaver]

Perry's extreme makeover.

[Mr. Morden]

Warren again says she won't run:

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[Mr. Morden]

Donald Trump, who himself says that he might run for president, says that his $5000 donation to Ted Cruz's PAC shouldn't be read as an endorsement of Cruz for president:

http://abcnews.go.com/blogs/politics/2014/04/donald-trump-donation-to-ted-cruz-doesnt-mean-support-for-2016/

[Mr. Morden]

http://www.cbsnews.com/news/jeb-bush-im-thinking-about-running-for-president-in-2016/

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Also, another non-denial from Carson:

http://www.foxbaltimore.com/news/features/top-stories/stories/growing-grassroots-effort-support-dr-ben-carson-2016-presidential-election-27434.shtml#.U1hpmaUWH4Y

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[Mr. Morden]

Thune says he's not running:

http://www.huffingtonpost.com/2014/04/23/john-thune-2016_n_5202271.html?utm_hp_ref=politics

[Mr. Morden]

Pence made a trade trip to Germany this month, and talked foreign policy:

http://washingtonexaminer.com/growing-calls-for-indiana-gov.-mike-pence-to-run-in-2016/article/2547650

[Mr. Morden]

Neil Bush (brother of George W. and Jeb) says that George H.W. Bush wants Jeb to run:

http://www.politico.com/story/2014/04/jeb-bush-2016-election-george-hw-bush-106014.html?hp=r1

[Miles]

Paul irks the pro-life crowd with his abortion comments:

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[Mr. Morden]

Jindal, Pence, Rubio, and Santorum all spoke in person at the NRA's annual meeting in Indianapolis on Friday.  Cruz and Walker spoke via video:

http://www.politico.com/story/2014/04/nra-meeting-2016-election-106039.html?hp=l3

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[Miles]

Jindal's speech for the NRA meeting.

[Miles]

Huckabee fundraising for Woody White in NC-07.

Between White and Harris, he'll likely be 0 for 2 with endorsements in NC.

[Mr. Morden]

Bolton again leaves open the option of running for president in 2016, and answers some questions about domestic policy: http://reason.com/blog/2014/04/24/is-john-bolton-a-hawkish-libertarian

[RogueBeaver]

Clinton talks about her faith.

[Mr. Morden]

Santorum's apparently out with a new book, and doing some interviews:

http://www.pbs.org/newshour/rundown/santorum-undecided-2016-presidential-run/

He says he's not sure if he'll make another White House run or not, and when asked about a decision timeline, he says "A while. A year at least, probably.”

Meanwhile, on Rick Perry:

http://nhjournal.com/2014/04/26/granite-reports-nh-activists-officials-to-visit-rick-perry-in-texas/

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[Mr. Morden]

http://www.politico.com/blogs/politico-live/2014/04/pence-dodges-question-187486.html?hp=r4

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[Mr. Morden]

Bob Schieffer on Mitt Romney 2016:

http://www.washingtonpost.com/blogs/post-politics/wp/2014/04/27/bob-schieffer-romney-may-consider-2016-run-if-jeb-bush-doesnt/

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Meanwhile, Elizabeth Warren says she's urging Hillary Clinton to run, confirms that she signed the letter from female Democratic Senators, urging Clinton to run, but she stopped short of an explicit endorsement:

http://abcnews.go.com/blogs/politics/2014/04/elizabeth-warren-hopes-hillary-clinton-makes-2016-run-but-declines-to-endorse-her/

[RogueBeaver]

Rand to introduce Israel legislation.

[RogueBeaver]

Wall Street Pubs are panting for Jeb or Christie, fine with Hillary if she faces Paul or Cruz, unsure about everyone else. Some of them are impressed with Rubio. Cheesemen will be in NYC next month.