Democrats Eyeing a Clinton Challenge Get Icy Reception [View all]

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Personal Note: The MSM strikes again.....

BY PERRY BACON JR. NBC News

Democratic activists so far have one message for potential presidential candidates: If your name isn't Clinton or Warren, we aren't interested.

Maryland Gov. Martin O'Malley and Vermont Sen. Bernie Sanders have made numerous trips to Iowa and left little doubt they are strongly considering 2016 runs. Virginia Sen. Jim Webb established a formal presidential exploratory committee last month, becoming the only candidate in either party to do so. But the trio has generated little support or interest.

Liberal groups like MoveOn.org who are looking for a more progressive alternative to Hillary Clinton, have bypassed these three candidates to endorse Massachusetts Sen. Elizabeth Warren, who has said repeatedly she will not run for president.

Meanwhile, the three are being rejected even by Democrats in their home states. Howard Dean, the former governor of Vermont and once one of the leading voices in the party's left wing, announced this month he was endorsing Clinton over Sanders, who was formerly mayor of Dean's hometown, Burlington. Sen. Tim Kaine of Virginia, the Democrat who succeeded Webb in the Senate, told Bloomberg earlier this month he is also backing Clinton.

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