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Hillary Clintons circle wants to be quoted yawning at Jeb Bush, a sure sign of concern that he could beat her in 2016.

Hes got his own party to run in, and I will be very impressed if he makes it through that primary system, Paul Begala, a longtime adviser to Clinton and her husband, said after Bush announced this week that he is actively exploring a presidential run.

Make no mistake. Clintons team and other Democrats already are trying to figure out how to take on Bush, and theres no early consensus. They could portray him as a shadow of his brother, President George W. Bush, as a moderate who cant make it through his own partys primary, or as a candidate who is too conservative to win a general election.

A Bush-centric e-mail that EMILYs List sent to its donors on Wednesday took the latter approach.

Jeb Bush made it official. Hes exploring a run for president, reads the graphic embedded in the fundraising pitch from the group that supports women candidates who back abortion rights. As governor, he called himself the most pro-life governor in modern times....Imagine what hed do as president.

A button at the bottom of the e-mail says Help us get ready to hold Jeb Bush accountable. Donate.

Stephanie Schriock, the president of EMILYs list, is often mentioned as a possible campaign manager for the former First Lady. Jess McIntosh, a spokeswoman for the group, sought to portray Bush as too conservative for the American electorate.

Jeb Bush is going to spend a long time reminding everyone how conservative he is on these issues, she said. Voters are going to see that hes not on their side.

Yet at the same time, the Democratic super-PAC American Bridge released a Web video replete with clips of Republican commentators and news reporters saying Bush will struggle to win over conservatives. The group counts high-profile Clinton donors among its benefactors.

Jaime Harrison, the chairman of the South Carolina Democratic Party, said that if Bush runs and wins the Republican nomination, hell struggle to galvanize the conservative base because hes endorsed the Common Core education standards reviled by many in the Republican Party and speaks warmly of undocumented immigrants.

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Sen. Elizabeth Warren on Wednesday voiced new concerns over President Obamas trade agenda as congressional Democrats ramp up efforts to slow the administrations bid to finalize a major free-trade pact in Asia that the president has called a top priority.

The disagreement threatens to expose old divisions over international trade and hamper Democrats efforts to unify their party going into the 2016 elections.

Warren (D-Mass.), fresh off her break with the White House on the budget last week, said in a letter to U.S. Trade Representative Michael Froman that the Trans-Pacific Partnership (TPP) could erode U.S. financial safeguards designed to prevent future financial crises.

We cannot afford a trade deal that undermines the governments ability to protect the American economy, Warren said in the letter, also signed by Sens. Tammy Baldwin (D-Wis.) and Edward J. Markey (D-Mass.). The Washington Post obtained a copy.

The senators are focused on three specific provisions, and they do not state outright opposition to the 12-nation pact, which is still being negotiated. But Warrens status as the emerging leader of the progressive wing of the party could complicate the Obama administrations attempt to rally support from enough Democrats to get the deal completed.

Warren was a key voice in the debate over the $1trillion spending plan, delivering a blistering attack on a measure in the bill that loosens restrictions on derivative trading.. Though the budget was approved with backing from the White House, Warren further burnished her credentials with progressives, who have urged her to mount a presidential bid.

Obama has called trade an area where he hopes to find common ground with Republicans, who take control of the Senate next month and have expressed support for liberalizing trade policy.

The president has also said the proposed pact is a cornerstone of his Asia policy, which aims to balance a greater U.S. military presence with deeper economic ties to the region, and Obama has pledged that the final trade deal will have higher labor and environmental standards than past free-trade agreements.

In her letter, Warren raises concerns that the deal could include provisions that would allow foreign companies to challenge U.S. policies before a judicial panel outside the domestic legal system, increasing exposure of American taxpayers to potential damages.

She also objects to potential provisions that she said would grant foreign companies access to U.S. markets without being subject to restrictions on predatory or toxic financial products and that would restrict the U.S. governments ability to impose capital controls, such as transaction taxes, on international firms.

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