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Into the Breech
Hillary’s Going to Do It
 Looks like Hillary is on. Karen Hicks, Howard Dean's 2004 field director, and then John Kerry's 2004 political director, and then Tony Blair's 2005 field director, has signed on to the Good Ship Clinton.
Hicks also worked for former Gov Jeanne Shaheen (D-NH) as field director and health care advisor. Hicks recently finished a fellowship at the Kennedy School of Government at Harvard, where Shaheen is the dean. Shaheen would no doubt like another crack at Sen. John Sununu (R-NH) who she lost to in 2002 -- her protege, Gov. John Lynch (D-NH), re-elected in November with 76% of the vote, has sworn off the senate race. Regrouping and honing the Shaheen political machine with a healthy presidential primary seems to be the plan. So the local Clintonistas are polishing their armor for a rumble.
Clinton is also reportedly talking to Iowa Democrats, telling them she’s a likely candidate for president in 2008. No word of an exploratory committee, which allows her to raise funds to travel to primary states and test the waters. But that’s probably a moot point for the titular front-runner. Still, she can’t be the genuine big dog in the race until she gets in, and that may still be some time to come.
Brownback Forms Exploratory Committee
 Sen. Sam Brownback (R-KS), a former agricultural auctioneer, has filed a committee with the FEC to explore the possibility of a White House candidacy. Brownback is a favorite of the religious right and will have no trouble raising money, picking up endorsements, and eventually going down in flames.
Pataki’s Free Lunch
 Gov. George Pataki (R-NY), who’s made no secret of his presidential ambitions, is in Concord, NH today, throwing a lunch for incoming Republican legislators. Fortunately for Pataki, the check won’t be nearly as big as it might have been. Republicans lost nearly 100 seats in the 2006 elections. With a crowd that size, he could afford an open bar…
~Jack McEnany
Also see: Hillary Clinton, DNC
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