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At long last, former Virginia Sen. Jim Webb (D) is officially a candidate for president. After weeks of supposedly imminent announcements—including ones his staff may not have known about—he declared on Thursday afternoon that he’s running, with a long statement on his website that blended a prudent hawkishness with economic populism. ” I understand the odds,” Webb notes, “particularly in today’s political climate where fair debate is so often drowned out by huge sums of money. I know that more than one candidate in this process intends to raise at least a billion dollars—some estimates run as high as two billion dollars—in direct and indirect financial support…We need to shake the hold of these shadow elites on our political process.”
Webb, as he concedes, is a huge underdog, polling at just 2 percent in nationwide polls. Here’s what you should know about the latest Democratic contender.
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Jim Webb Just Announced He’s Running for President. Here’s What You Need to Know About Him.
