Don't let those polls worry you this far out!

and the following is not a slam against potential candidate Jim Webb (I am still not sure he will run) but he was a republican, a serious republican for most of his life. HE served under the Reagan Administration as Secretary of the Navy and Assistant secretary of Defense. He has a fine military record, I won't detract from that, bur makes no question, he was a staunch republican.

Now he is what I would call a Reagan Democrat. I am of the opinion that he is polling the way he is as he is attracting Reagan Dems, however few there might be. That polling is from the most conservative portion of the Democratic party.

He will not go far in the primary process running alongside O'malley, Clinton and Sanders.

http://www.motherjones.com/mojo/2014/11/jim-webb-hillary-clinton-exploratory-committee

so 'shocked' to see him 2 points ahead of O'Malley in a recent poll. (Pissed me off, actually.)

P.S. Just x-posted MOM Climate article from Salon in 'Environment.' FS posted it here.

That the media is including him in the polls is more proof that they want a different race than the one we currently have.

He did form an exploratory committee, but I am not convinced he will run. having said that, I try to do opposition research. that's how I roll, sister!

Liberal media is going ga-ga over Hillary's shift to the left and Sanders surge. Even when O'Malley is the first one out the gate with a proposal, they cover Hillary echoing his points instead of O'Malley.

He's the only one to rollout a tough climate change platform and the media just shrugs.

Incredibly frustrating. I think he is going to have to start airing ads early in Iowa, NH, NV and SC to bump up his name recognition.

I am a little frustrated that he is not spending more time in the 4 early states though. By this time, Obama, Edwards, and Richardson were practically living in those states. Since O'Malley doesn't have a day job, I don't know what he's doing.

in Iowa, running is the only explanation. IIRC, he said he would decide by the end of July.

While Webb seems like a standard Conservative Democrat, he isn't really the kind of person that fits neatly into any category. He is very liberal on some issues and took an anti-Iraq war stance early on. His main issue is prison reform.

I too prefer Kaine, although he'll get some heat for his support of Obama and the TPP.

Our new representative, Don Beyer has acted exactly as I expected: with deep disappointment.

I have a feeling he will be primaried for his second term.

a solid Democratic vote. I chalk it up to: I won't agree with anyone 100% of time. Even with his support of the trade agreement, I won't try to kick him out over one vote since we agree on so many other issues.

He's only going to get 1 serious chance to make a name for himself and it will be in the debates. He's going to have to clean Hillary's clock to stand a chance. I think Chafee is going to be going after Hillary hard on Iraq so O'Malley will have some help.