Subject: POLITICO's Morning Score: Wall-to-wall Hillary/Rubio coverage — Atwater bows out of Florida Senate race — Strickland vs. Sittenfeld
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Date: Mon, 13 Apr 2015 08:04:13 -0600

By Kyle Cheney

With Sandhya Raman and Theodoric Meyer

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THE WAIT FOR HILLARY IS OVER - POLITICO's package on the Clinton camp's 2016 rollout: 

 - "Hillary Clinton 2016: She hits the road,"by Gabriel Debenedetti: 
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 - "Hillary's goal: Keep Bill happy, involved," by Annie Karni: 
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 - "Hillary Clinton's slow walk to 'yes,'" by Glenn Thrush and Gabriel DeBenedetti: 
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 - "Clinton memo: No drama this time," by Annie Karni: 
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 - "Clinton quits Clinton Foundation," by Kenneth P. Vogel: 
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 - "The power players behind Hillary Clinton&#39;s campaign," By Katie Glueck, with Gabriel DeBenedetti and Annie Karni: 
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 - 'GOP: Clinton announcement won&#39;t blunt Benghazi probe,' by Lauren French:
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RUBIO TO JUMP IN - "Why Marco Rubio couldn't say no," by POLITICO's Michael Grunwald and Marc Caputo: "There does not seem to be a pivotal meeting or moment that persuaded Rubio to try to beat the odds once more; as in 2010, he just never came up with a compelling reason why he shouldn't. For a Republican primary electorate that liked Mitt Romney's policy stances but wished he were more charismatic, less plutocratic, more authentically conservative and less distasteful to the fast-growing Latino demographic, well, a Cuban-American Tea Party darling with working-class roots and rare magnetism makes a lot of sense.

 - "Rubio and his team do not like to talk about strategy, but in any case, the political calculus of giving up a Senate seat to seek the brass ring was not as painful as it sounds. Even if Rubio doesn't win the nomination, he could well end up on the Republican ticket. Even if he ends up unemployed in 2017, he can run for governor in 2018 with a Republican-friendly mid-term electorate. He still has four children at home, but his wife Jeanette has always supported his ambitions. Most of all, though, Rubio concluded that he could win." 
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 - Will Hillary Clinton steal his announcement thunder? 
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As Jeff Atwater bows out and Ohio Dems pick sides, here&#39;s POLITICO&#39;s Morning Score: daily news, notes and essential information for the 2015 and 2016 election cycles.

Days until the 2015 election: 204; Days until the 2016 election: 575

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SUNSHINE STATE SURPRISE - "Florida&#39;s Atwater won&#39;t run for Senate," by POLITICO's Marc Caputo: "Just as he looked like a frontrunner to replace Sen. Marco Rubio, Florida CFO Jeff Atwater announced Saturday he would not run for the seat ... Atwater first broke the news to donors, friends and advisers earlier Saturday, telling people he isn't running because his family doesn't want him moving back and forth from Washington and his home in South Florida, sources said. The decision by Atwater makes the seat more attractive to a host of Republicans. The two likeliest to run for Rubio's Senate seat: Lt. Gov. Carlos Lopez-Cantera and Rep. Ron DeSantis. Reps. Tom Rooney and Vern Buchanan,
 former state House Speaker Will Weatherford and former Sen. George LeMieux are also eying the seat." 
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STRICKLAND VS. SITTENFELD - The Ohio Democratic Party chose sides over the weekend, endorsing former Gov. Ted Strickland in the primary fight to take on GOP Sen. Rob Portman. The move, an unusual foray into a contested intraparty race, came after a warning from Cincinnati city Councilman P.G. Sittenfeld that an endorsement "goes around our stated rules and goes against the spirit of our party." "For millions of Democrats across the state to see a small group of party officials diminish voters&#39; voices runs contrary to what our party stands for," he said in a statement. "I want us to contribute to people&#39;s belief in our process, not add to their understandable cynicism about it. No
 matter what the committee decides, my own candidacy will move forward."

McSALLY RAKES IT IN ... - Arizona GOP Rep. Martha McSally corralled $640,000 in the first three months of the year, a solid figure that'll help her begin defending her Tucson-area seat in a likely 2016 target for Democrats. McSally's camp said the haul left her with $800,000 on hand to start April - she had more on hand than most vulnerable freshman at year's end after raising money for last fall's recount.

 ... BUT SHE WON'T FACE A REMATCH - Former Rep. Ron Barber won't seek a rematch next year with McSally, who defeated Barber by 167 votes in the country's closest House race last November. Barber made the announcement Sunday on "Zona Politics with Jim Nintzel," a Tucson public affairs show, saying he wanted to spend more time with his grandchildren. "I enjoyed the job immensely, but I think it's time for me to stick with the family and do the things that we enjoy doing together," he said.

SUNDAY SHOW SHAKEUP - POLITICO's Hadas Gold reports: CBS News political director John Dickerson has been named the next host of "Face the Nation," host Bob Schieffer announced today. Dickerson's first turn in the anchor chair will take place this summer, when Schieffer retires after nearly five decades in journalism. "I couldn't be happier," Schieffer said on Sunday's broadcast. "Face the Nation is going to be in good hands." Dickerson's connection to the show and network is deep: His mother, Nancy Dickerson, was the first female correspondent in the CBS News Washington bureau and was an associate producer on "Face the Nation."

CODA - QUOTE OF THE DAY: "Well, welcome to the N.F.L." - NBC's Chuck Todd to Sen. Rand Paul after Paul complained about criticism for changing positions. 
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