August 23, 2014 6:56 AM
2016
Since the last edition of the Watch (early July), one Democrat and seven Republicans have been added to the list of people who have said they are thinking about running for President, or who have been talked about by others as potential candidates for the top office. The Republicans are Michelle Bachmann, Ben Carson, Mike Huckabee, John Huntsman, Joe Scarborough, Donald Trump, and Mitt Romney. The Democrat is Joe Manchin.On the Democratic side, Hillary Clinton remains the one person who clears the field if she decides to run. Chatter at the moment is that Clinton might be headed toward a progressive (read liberal) opponent in the Democratic primary.
There is no front runner on the Republican side.
The numbers below are the average of two surveys reported in late July, CNN on July 27 and Fox on July 28. The two polls are in lock step with each other.
| Democrats | Republicans |
| Clinton 65.5% | Christie 11.5% |
| Biden 10 | Paul 11.5 |
| Warren 9.5 | Perry 11.5 |
| Cuomo 4.5 | Bush 10 |
| O’Malley 1.5 | Ryan 10 |
| Cruz 8.5 | |
| Rubio 7.5 | |
| Walker 4.5 | |
| Santorum 3 |
This is the longer list of potential contenders.
| Republicans | Democrats |
| Jeb Bush | Joe Biden |
| Chris Christie | Hillary Clinton |
| Bobby Jindal | Andrew Cuomo |
| Rand Paul | Kristin Gillibrand |
| Marco Rubio | Amy Klobuchar |
| Paul Ryan | Martin O’Malley |
| Mike Pence | Elizabeth Warren |
| John Kasich | Howard Dean |
| Scott Walker | Duval Patrick |
| Ted Cruz | Brian Schweitzer |
| Rick Santorum | Mark Warner |
| Rick Perry | Jay Nixon |
| Michelle Bachman | Jim Webb |
| Ben Carson | Bernie Sanders |
| Mike Huckabee | Joe Manchin |
| John Huntsman | |
| Joe Scarborough | |
| Donald Trump | |
| Mitt Romney |
