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Enter
potential 2016 candidates.
That page, by the way, is one of
the most hilarious reflections of
American politics on the Internet,
because it turns out it doesn’t
take much to be included. Missouri Gov. Jay Nixon (D) ended
up there because a St. Louis PostDispatch story speculating on
whether Nixon’s future included
a turn in the national spotlight
led to a Politico story speculating
on whether Nixon might not get
his turn in the national spotlight
because of Hillary Clinton, which
led to another St. Louis Post-Dispatch story about the aforemen-
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tioned Politico story, which led to
a Washington Post story ... speculating on whether Nixon’s future
included a turn in the national
spotlight, again.
Meanwhile, outside of Missouri,
you have probably never heard of
Jay Nixon. But you’re probably
aware that Jerry Brown, between
his first and latest stint as the
Golden State’s governor, ran for
president a bunch of times. And
so, unsurprisingly, there was always someone on hand to stoke
the fires of retro chic. In July
2013, the Washington Examiner’s
Paul Bedard reported that some
of Brown’s “allies” were “starting
to talk up a possible 2016 presidential bid,” while another group
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Time
magazine
tackled Hillary
Clinton’s
shadow
campaign
for president
earlier this
month, noting
that the mere
threat of her
candidacy is
keeping other
Democrats out
of the race.