Mark Halperin of Bloomberg Politics said on CBS’ “Face the Nation” Sunday that Hillary Clinton supporters are “worried about Jeb Bush.”
“I have been talking to some people who are Clinton insiders — longtime supporters,” detailed Halperin. “They are worried about Jeb Bush. They are worried about her laying low while Jeb Bush is out there being aggressive.”
He suggested that Hillary is currently “without a message” while Bush has already made clear what his campaign will look like.
“You could say today what Jeb Bush is going to run on and what states Jeb Bush could win that Barack Obama won last time,” explained Halperin. “She needs to start defining herself in the view of a lot of people around her and not let Jeb Bush get up ahead.”
Both Clinton and Bush have yet to officially announce whether or not they will run for the presidency, but the former Florida governor has already been hard at work raising money for his new political action committee Right to Rise.
CBS News’ Nancy Cordes followed Halperin with her own comments about the Democratic field in general ahead of 2016, suggesting that Hillary will be disadvantaged if no other strong liberal candidates emerge.
“The Democrats have to hope that some serious people do jump into this race and run against Hillary Clinton because right now there’s so much energy on the Republican side,” said Cordes.
According to Cordes, the Democratic field does not have the “drama” and “intrigue” that the Republican field does.
“When John McCain sealed up the nomination early in 2008, that was bad for him,” continued Cordes. “He sort of sat around. He wasn’t the story for months while Hillary Clinton and Barack Obama duked it out, and that really hurt him.”
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