It’s a nice time to be Hillary Clinton, whose shadow campaign for the presidency has the former secretary of state ahead of all major Republican hopefuls. According to a new poll by the Washington Post and ABC News, Clinton has a two-digit lead over former Florida governor Jeb Bush, former Massachusetts governor Mitt Romney, Senator Rand Paul, and New Jersey governor Chris Christie in the still very long race to the White House.

When it comes to New Jersey voters, meanwhile, Christie is at his lowest approval rating in almost four years, with 48 percent of Garden State voters disapproving of his effort in Trenton, according to a Quinnipiac University poll released Wednesday.

Clinton’s dominance has also spelled trouble for her would-be Democratic rivals. Senator Elizabeth Warren, an anti-Wall Street crusader with bona fide reform credentials, has repeatedly said that she is not presently running for president. Her devoted, if smaller, fan base hopes they can change her mind. Warren has masterfully kept the window open by the tiniest of cracks, perhaps to push Clinton, a friend of the financial industry and somewhat of a hawk, a bit to the left. Warren acolytes, however, suffered a blow this week when former Vermont governor and influential Democrat Howard Dean announced he will headline a fundraiser for the “Ready for Hillary” fundraising juggernaut in February.

Vice President Joe Biden has also refused to rule out a presidential campaign, telling ABC News “there is a chance” he would challenge Clinton. “I think this is wide open on both sides,” Biden said after praising his former administration and Senate colleague as a “really competent, capable person and a friend.” The Washington Post and ABC News did not poll respondents on the possibility of a Biden campaign.

It’s worth remembering that we are currently 656 days away from the next presidential election, and a great deal can change in the intervening months. The folks toiling in Republican opposition research camps sure hope so.

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