Jim Webb joined the race for the Democratic nominee for President in 2016 today, becoming the party's fifth candidate and leaving us ten behind the republicans.
We've got our work cut out for us if we're going to catch up.
Webb announced without much fanfare, using only a written note on his website. Webb appears to be seeking the votes of those who like their candidates dull, with undistinguished careers in Congress, and with very little to offer the Liberal wing. While Webb does have a Liberal bona fides or two (opposed the Iraq War, criticizes the role of money in our politics), he is more or less a Blue Dog Dem and they are currently going the way of the dinosaur and the dodo bird. Like Lincoln Chafee, he seems intent on knocking down Hillary Clinton a peg, which ought to endear him to many Democratic primary voters about as much as Donald Trump.
Fortunately for Webb, Bernie Sanders joined the race and in about six months Jim Webb can go back to doing whatever it is the Jim Webb's of the world do with the rest of their lives.
Peace,
emaycee
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