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A short two-mile drive northwest from the White Houseencircled by the embassies of the United Kingdom, Bolivia, Brazil, Italy, Denmark, and New ZealandHillary Clinton invited Senator Elizabeth Warren to her home for a private, one-on-one meeting in December, reported the New York Times on Tuesday.

Clinton, who has all but announced her 2016 presidential candidacy, met with the Massachusetts senator at her brick, colonial-style home in Washington in an effort to cultivate the increasingly influential senator and leader of the partys economic populist movement, according to the Times.

Clinton did not ask for an endorsement from Warren, but instead solicited policy ideas and suggestions. Though the two met without aides, the Times reported a Democrat briefed on the meeting called it cordial and productive.

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Though the former secretary of state, U.S senator and First Lady is the current frontrunner for the Democratic nomination for president, many progressives have clamored for Warren to throw her hat in the 2016 ring, viewing Clinton as too hawkish on foreign policy and cosy with Wall Street.

Warren, however, has repeatedly insisted that she is not running and her meeting with Clinton signals the building of a relationship, said the Times, as Clinton works on her economic platform.

During the 2014 elections, Warren campaigned for Democratic candidates in six states, touting her liberal brand of economic populism. Liberal movements, such as Ready for Warren and MoveOn.orgs Run Warren Run, have sprouted up across the country, opening offices in Iowa and New Hampshire. According to Real Clear Politicss most recent polling data, about 11 percent of Democrats support Warren for president in 2016. Clinton garners 60 percent support.

If anything, besides Clintons need to appease the more liberal members of the Democratic party, their December meeting likely consolidates the fact Warren wont run against Clinton in 2016, and that another liberal alternative will. The self-described independent socialist U.S. Senator from Vermont, Bernie Sanders, has very publicly considered running for the Democratic nomination if there is no other liberal alternative.

Meanwhile, Warren will use her new leadership position as strategic policy advisor for the Democratic Policy and Communications Committee to exact her influence. And the road from Clintons northwest Washington home to the White House appears to be clear of at least one liberal challenger.

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DES MOINES | Hillary Clinton doesnt reach 50 percent, but tops the field in Iowa in head-to-head match-ups with potential 2016 GOP presidential rivals, according to a new Swing State Poll released this morning.

Not only does the former secretary of state best the Republican field in Iowa, but she also leads in Virginia and Colorado, two other key swing states in the 2016 presidential election, according to Peter Brown, assistant director of the Quinnipiac University Poll. She tops Kentucky Sen. Rand Paul 43 to 41 percent in Colorado and 44 to 42 percent in Virginia.

In Iowa, Quinnipiac found Clinton would beat any of the leading GOP contenders:

Although Clinton trails among male voters by margins of 3 to 14 percent, her lead among women ranges from 20 to 28 percentage points in Iowa. Her lead among independent voters ranges from 9 to 16 percentage points.

Iowa voters give Clinton a 49 to 40 percent favorability rating while favorability ratings for the Republicans are negative or divided:

The poll found that in each state White House ties are a bigger problem for Bush than Clinton.

Gov. Jeb Bush has a family problem. Many voters dont like him coming from a family of presidents, Brown said. If voters are still saying by 4-1 margins this makes them less likely to vote for him when the balloting begins, that will be trouble for him.

In Iowa, 35 percent of voters are less likely to vote for Bush, while 8 percent are more likely and 57 percent say it wont make a difference.

Few voters, however, say they are put off by Mrs. Clinton being the wife of former President Bill Clinton, Brown said.

Only 18 percent of voters are less likely to vote for Clinton because of her husband, while 15 percent are more likely and 66 percent say it will make no difference.

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Presumed Democratic front-runner tops Republican contenders in Iowa, two other states

February 18, 2015 | 8:48 am

DES MOINES Hillary Clinton doesnt reach 50 percent, but tops the field in Iowa in head-to-head match-ups with potential 2016 GOP presidential rivals, according to a new Swing State Poll released this morning.

Not only does the former secretary of state best the Republican field in Iowa, but she also leads in Virginia and Colorado, two other key swing states in the 2016 presidential election, according to Peter Brown, assistant director of the Quinnipiac University Poll. She tops Kentucky Sen. Rand Paul 43 to 41 percent in Colorado and 44 to 42 percent in Virginia.

In Iowa, Quinnipiac found Clinton would beat any of the leading GOP contenders:

45 38 percent over former Arkansas Gov. Mike Huckabee;

45 37 percent over Paul

44 34 percent over New Jersey Gov. Chris Christie

45 35 percent over former Florida Gov. Jeb Bush

45 35 percent over Wisconsin Gov. Scott Walker

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