The "Who is running?" tea leaves thread (Part 2)

[RogueBeaver]

Jeb raising more than $4M in Chicago today.

[RogueBeaver]

Graham is getting some donor interest, including Adelson.

[RogueBeaver]

Weigel on Biden in SC.

[RogueBeaver]

Walker hires domestic and foreign policy leads.

Walker courting supply-siders in NYC.

[RogueBeaver]

Prominent media personalities, plus Rudy & Catsimadis, at that Walker dinner.

[PresidentTRUMP]

Walker hires domestic and foreign policy leads.

Walker courting supply-siders in NYC.

Seems like the Walker campaign for 2016 is fully underway now.

[RogueBeaver]

Walker also breakfasted this morning with Manhattan megadonors led by Roger Hertog.

Woody Johnson backs Jeb. In response, Christie suggests Johnson is motivated by sour grapes.

[RogueBeaver]

Biden to NH.

Adelson will not be endorsing for at least a year.

[Mr. Morden]

Carson previously said that he'd look at establishing an exploratory committee in February, but it looks like that's now shifted to March:

http://www.sun-sentinel.com/news/politics/fl-ben-carson-president-20150219-story.html#page=1

Bolton is in New Hampshire for "the next couple of days":

http://www.washingtontimes.com/news/2015/feb/19/john-bolton-new-hampshire-promote-more-muscular-us/

[RogueBeaver]

Walker will collect a 6-digit haul from his NYC swing.

NRSC wants Rubio to run for reelection.

[RogueBeaver]

Christie being deserted by everyone outside his bunker. Launchpad implosion + financial asphyxiation?

[SPC]

Christie being deserted by everyone outside his bunker. Launchpad implosion + financial asphyxiation?

Or just replicating McCain's successful 2008 primary strategy.

[IceSpear]

Christie being deserted by everyone outside his bunker. Launchpad implosion + financial asphyxiation?

Not surprising at all.

[Mr. Morden]

From the Des Moines Register's Iowa visit tracker:

http://data.desmoinesregister.com/iowa-caucus/candidate-tracker/index.php

Sanders in Iowa on Friday and Saturday of this week.

Updated list of GOP hopefuls to appear at the Iowa Ag Summit on Mar. 7:
Bush, Cruz, Huckabee, Pataki, Perry, Rubio, Santorum, Trump, Walker

On April 9, the "Homeschool Day at the Capitol" in Des Moines will feature:
Cruz, Huckabee, Jindal, Santorum

And from New Hampshire's tracker:

http://www.necn.com/news/politics/2016-New-Hampshire-Presidential-Candidate-Tracker-281958331.html

We have the following visits to NH that I don't think have already been mentioned here:

Bush on March 13-14.

Walker on March 14.

Cruz on March 15.

Jindal on April 17-18.

Fiorina on May 8.

[Mr. Morden]

Walker meets with Trump:

http://www.politico.com/story/2015/02/scott-walker-donald-trump-115345.html

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[BaconBacon96]

I wonder what it takes to get Trump's endorsement.

[Mr. Morden]

Kasich says he's "not even close to making a decision" on whether to run for prez:

http://www.dispatch.com/content/stories/local/2015/02/18/kasich-south-carolina.html

Weigel on how Graham is "locking up supporters and talent" in SC, possibly diverting it from Bush:

http://www.bloomberg.com/politics/features/2015-02-20/why-is-lindsey-graham-standing-in-jeb-bush-s-south-carolina-path-

[RogueBeaver]

Walker will sign RTW bill.

[RogueBeaver]

Walker to speak at Christian media conference in Nashville.

Walker meets w/K Streeters.

Hillary begins hiring researchers & self-vetting.

[RogueBeaver]

Nicholas Brady backs Jeb.

Walker to attend Blum fundraiser alongside the Ag Summit.

[RogueBeaver]

Walker attending Norquist confab tomorrow.

[Mr. Morden]

"U.S. Sen. Rand Paul said Friday that he is likely to announce whether he'll run for president in 2016 sometime in March or April from his home state of Kentucky."

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[Mr. Morden]

Bob Ehrlich on whether he'll run:

http://www.cnbc.com/id/102434378#.

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Ehrlich will return to New Hampshire next week:

http://www.unionleader.com/article/20150219/NEWS0602/150219007

As will Gilmore:

http://www.unionleader.com/article/20150219/NEWS06/150219004

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Also, a recap of a recent Pataki trip to NH:

http://www.thedailybeast.com/articles/2015/02/20/does-george-pataki-seriously-think-he-can-be-president.html

He actually has a full time staffer in NH, and seems to only be campaigning there, and nowhere else.  He apparently only talks to the NH media.

[PPT Spiral]

Paul Strauss, a D.C. shadow senator, visited Iowa.

[Mr. Morden]

Paul Strauss, a D.C. shadow senator, visited Iowa.

So disillusioned Dems have finally found their anti-Clinton champion?

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