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Hillary Clinton tops every top potential GOP presidential contender in the Bloomberg Politics poll released Monday. Another number in the poll may give an indication why she could make such a formidable 2016 opponent: She scores high on the qualities Americans prioritize when they size up presidential candidates.

The new poll tells the story. When given four candidate qualities and asked which is most important to them, 29 percent chose "shares your values"; 27 percent went with "has a vision for the future"; and 26 percent said "is a strong leader."

Coming in fourth with 15 percent is "cares about people like you."

In other words, the public is all over the place on this question. There is no one, dominant answer.

But take a look at how the public rates Clinton on the three most popular responses when pitted head to head against leading Republicans. She tops former Florida governor Jeb Bush, New Jersey Gov. Chris Christie and Sens. Rand Paul and Ted Cruz on all fronts. (She also tops them on the question of who "cares about people like you.")

Take Paul, who is arguably the hottest name on the GOP side right now. The public rates Clinton better on "sharing your values" by a 49 percent to 36 percent margin. On "strong leader," she wins 52 percent to 34 percent. "Caring about people like you" tilts toward the former secretary of state 48 percent to 37 percent. And "vision for the future" is advantage Clinton, 48 percent to 38 percent.

The caveat to all this is that the question about which qualities people care about was not an open-ended one. So it's possible American prioritize other traits more -- and that Clinton is not winning on those traits.

Still, the qualities tested routinely come up as focal points in the presidential elections.

It's worth noting that as Clinton mulls a White House run, she has yet to fully -- or arguably even roughly -- spell out what her overarching campaign theme(s) would be or what her "vision for the Future" would look like, precisely.

But the fact that she already scores high on that question illustrates why she should not be underestimated.

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Heres why Hillary Clinton would be so formidable in 2016

By Ashley Killough, CNN

updated 7:36 AM EST, Mon December 8, 2014

Former Secretary of State Hillary Clinton

(CNN) -- A new poll released Monday indicates Hillary Clinton holds an advantage over five potential Republican opponents in hypothetical match-ups for the 2016 presidential election.

Clinton, however, fails to break past the 50% line when matched against each of the possible Republican contenders, according to the Bloomberg Politics Poll.

If the contest were held today, 45% of likely voters say they would pick the former secretary of state over Mitt Romney, who garners 39%.

She has a 43%-37% advantage over former Florida Gov. Jeb Bush and a 42%-36% margin over New Jersey Gov. Chris Christie.

All three of Clinton's margins over Bush, Christie and Romney fall within the sampling error of plus-or-minus 3.6 percentage points.

When matched against Sen. Ted Cruz of Texas and Sen. Rand Paul of Kentucky, however, her lead widens. Forty-six percent of likely voters side with Clinton, compared to 33% who pick Cruz.

In a head-to-head with Paul, who's been aggressive in reaching out to Democrats and independents, Clinton still comes out ahead, 45%-37%.

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(JTA) From the drive for Israeli-Palestinian peace to nuclear talks with Iran, Hillary Rodham Clinton is endorsing President Obamas Israel-related positions.

Clinton, who was Obamas secretary of state during his first term, spoke Friday night with Haim Saban, the Israeli-American entertainment mogul who through the Brookings Institution convenes an eponymous annual forum of Israeli and American leaders. Saban has been a backer of Clinton and her husband, former President Bill Clinton.

Her talk was notable for the degree to which she endorsed Obamas policies. Clinton derided perceptions that U.S.-Israel tensions had become tense under Obama.

Nobody can argue with the commitment of this administration to Israels security, she said when Saban pressed her on the perceived tensions.

Clinton, a likely contender for the 2016 Democratic presidential nomination, has been perceived since leaving the government as distancing herself from Obama notably in her strident defense of Israel this summer during its war with Hamas in the Gaza Strip. Obama officials criticized some Israeli actions as excessive.

She forcefully endorsed the Israeli-Palestinian peace talks aggressively advanced by the Obama administration and resisted by the two sides. Their absence, Clinton said, created dangers for Israel and leaves a vacuum that is filled by bad actors, threats.

Clinton deemed as essential the two-state solution sought by her successor as secretary of state, John Kerry.

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Hillary Clinton Endorses Obamas Middle East Policy at Saban Forum

STORY HIGHLIGHTS

(CNN) -- Lost amidst the predictable clutter of the "will-he-or won't-she" questions about whether Jeb Bush or Hillary Clinton will actually run for the presidency is an unexpected development: a hint of authenticity.

Turns out that political purgatoryeven if temporarycan actually spark a genuine conversation with the public about what it takes to be president, and what goes into deciding whether you want to run.

Here's Hillary on herself: "The job is unforgiving in many ways, so I think you need people around you who will kid you, make fun of you. ... You can lose touch with what's real, what's authentic."

Gloria Borger

Here's Jeb on his decision: "Can I do it where the sacrifice to my family is tolerable?...It's a pretty ugly business right now. There's a level under which I would never subjugate my family because that's my organizing principle. That's my life."

So while Chris Christie won't answer questions about immigration and Ted Cruz is threatening to block presidential nominations and Rand Paul is blaming the tragic Eric Garner death on cigarette taxes, there's another more personal and revealing conversation going on about the presidency and how to get there, and we ought to pay some attention.

You can lose touch with what's real, what's authentic. Hillary Clinton

Not just because it's coming from Jeb Bush and Hillary Clinton, although that is a part of it. After all, Hillary's outside support network is up and running, even if she isn't officially yet. And while Jeb has no campaign infrastructure or organization, his closest advisers are having enough meetings with enough operatives to send enough signals that it's a very live, real, even likely, possibility. Though Jeb's advisers tell me he hasn't made a decision, the process over the last six months sure looks like it leads to a presidential campaign.

So all the cheerleaders need is the final hand signal.

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Jeb Bush And Hillary Clinton Are The Same Poison
Alex Jones breaks down why Jeb Bush and Hillary Clinton are both the same candidate and will both destroy America even further. http://www.infowars.com/war-industry-ready-to-profit-in-battle-again...

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