Steve Peoples

A look at preparations by Sen. Marco Rubio, R-Fla., for a potential 2016 presidential campaign: Nondenial denial: “It’s something I’ll consider at the end of this year.” — May, on ABC. Does he feel ready to be president? “I do, but I think we have other people as well.” Book: Yes, now has a new book tentatively scheduled for release in late 2014, from same publisher of his 2012 memoir “An American Son.” Iowa visits: Yes, just days after 2012…

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She was not on the speaking program, but Hillary Rodham Clinton had presence at the nation’s largest annual gathering of conservative activists on Saturday, as high-profile Republicans launched a dual effort to attack the prospective Democratic presidential candidate and improve the GOP’s longstanding struggle with women voters. It was the closing act of a Republican summit that highlighted acute challenges for a party that hasn’t won a presidential election in a decade. The GOP’s 2008 vice presidential nominee, Sarah Palin,…

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