{"rowid": 1, "Person": "Bernie Sanders", "Party": "Democratic", "Statement Date": "26-Dec", "Latest Statement": "\"I don't want to do it unless I can do it well,\" he told The Associated Press. \"I don't want to do it unless we can win this thing.\"", "Statement Score": 3} {"rowid": 2, "Person": "Jim Webb", "Party": "Democratic", "Statement Date": "20-Nov", "Latest Statement": "\"I have decided to launch an Exploratory Committee to examine whether I should run for President in 2016\"", "Statement Score": 4} {"rowid": 3, "Person": "Martin O'Malley", "Party": "Democratic", "Statement Date": "3-Nov", "Latest Statement": "\u201cseriously considering\u201d a bid for the White House in 2016 but \u201cprobably\u201d won\u2019t decide until his successor takes office.", "Statement Score": 4} {"rowid": 4, "Person": "Joe Biden", "Party": "Democratic", "Statement Date": "9-Dec", "Latest Statement": "\"Honest to God, I haven't made up my mind\"", "Statement Score": 3} {"rowid": 5, "Person": "Hillary Clinton", "Party": "Democratic", "Statement Date": "5-Sep", "Latest Statement": "\"I will be making a decision around probably after the first of the year about whether I am going to run again or not\"", "Statement Score": 3} {"rowid": 6, "Person": "Elizabeth Warren", "Party": "Democratic", "Statement Date": "15-Dec", "Latest Statement": "\"I am not running for president.\"", "Statement Score": 1} {"rowid": 7, "Person": "Andrew Cuomo", "Party": "Democratic", "Statement Date": "14-Oct", "Latest Statement": " asked whether the governor planned to stay in the state of New York for the next four years. \"That\u2019s what I hope to do,\" Cuomo said. \"Unless I drop dead with a heart attack or take a plane to Italy and decide not to come back.\"", "Statement Score": 1} {"rowid": 8, "Person": "Deval Patrick", "Party": "Democratic", "Statement Date": "1-Dec", "Latest Statement": "\"I've thought about it, but no, I can't get ready for 2016\"", "Statement Score": 1} {"rowid": 9, "Person": "Rick Perry", "Party": "Republican", "Statement Date": "18-Dec", "Latest Statement": "\u201cUnder objective I wrote: Highly motivated professional, seeking a position as chief executive of a large enterprise with good benefits and a really large personal jet.\u201d", "Statement Score": 4} {"rowid": 10, "Person": "Rick Santorum", "Party": "Republican", "Statement Date": "5-Jan", "Latest Statement": "\"As you probably know, RJS is seriously considering a run for the White House in 2016.\"", "Statement Score": 4} {"rowid": 11, "Person": "Rand Paul", "Party": "Republican", "Statement Date": "9-Jan", "Latest Statement": "\u201cIf the ideas are resonating \u2014 if the ideas look like they have a chance \u2013 then it\u2019s much more likely that I\u2019ll make a go of this. If it looks like we\u2019re at 1 percent, we\u2019re not in the top tier, and it\u2019s just going to be a quixotic sort of run, then I think it\u2019s not something I want to do just for educational purposes. I would do it to be in to win. And that\u2019s a decision we\u2019re going to have to make later in the spring.\u201d", "Statement Score": 3} {"rowid": 12, "Person": "Mike Huckabee ", "Party": "Republican", "Statement Date": "3-Jan", "Latest Statement": "\"I feel compelled to ascertain if the support exists strongly enough for another Presidential run. So as we say in television, stay tuned!\"", "Statement Score": 4} {"rowid": 13, "Person": "Jeb Bush", "Party": "Republican", "Statement Date": "16-Dec", "Latest Statement": "\"decided to actively explore the possibility of running for President of the United States\"", "Statement Score": 4} {"rowid": 14, "Person": "Chris Christie", "Party": "Republican", "Statement Date": "17-Dec", "Latest Statement": "\u201cI am thinking about it,\u201d Christie said. \u201cYou can imagine that this is a really difficult decision to make and an important one.\u201d", "Statement Score": 3} {"rowid": 15, "Person": "Bobby Jindal", "Party": "Republican", "Statement Date": "5-Jan", "Latest Statement": "\"I think the more choices for the voters, the better,\" he said. \"I've never decided to get in or not get into a race based on who else is running.\";\"If I decide to run,\" he said, \"it's going to be based on whether I think I've got something unique to offer.\"", "Statement Score": 3} {"rowid": 16, "Person": "Scott Walker", "Party": "Republican", "Statement Date": "16-Dec", "Latest Statement": "Walker says Bush\u2019s action \u201cdoesn\u2019t affect me one way or another.\u201d Walker says whether he decides to run for president will be \u201cbased upon me, my family and my state and what I may or may not be able to do for my country not based on anyone else who may or may not be in the race.\u201d", "Statement Score": 3} {"rowid": 17, "Person": "Ben Carson", "Party": "Republican", "Statement Date": "7-Nov", "Latest Statement": "\"starting to think about it\"", "Statement Score": 3} {"rowid": 18, "Person": "Marco Rubio", "Party": "Republican", "Statement Date": "7-Jan", "Latest Statement": "\u201cI believe that if I decide to run for president, we have a path to be a very competitive candidate, and ultimately to win,\u201d Rubio said.", "Statement Score": 3} {"rowid": 19, "Person": "Ted Cruz", "Party": "Republican", "Statement Date": "30-Oct", "Latest Statement": "\u201cBut if we run another candidate in the mold of a Bob Dole or a John McCain or Mitt Romney, we will end up with the same result which is millions of people will stay home on Election Day \u2026 and if we run another candidate like that, Hillary Clinton will be the next president,\u201d", "Statement Score": 3} {"rowid": 20, "Person": "John Kasich", "Party": "Republican", "Statement Date": "7-Dec", "Latest Statement": "\u201cWell, George, well, look, you know, you knew you were never going to get a good answer out of me here today,\u201d Kasich said today on \u201cThis Week.\u201d", "Statement Score": 2} {"rowid": 21, "Person": "Paul Ryan", "Party": "Republican", "Statement Date": "12-Jan", "Latest Statement": "\"I have decided that I am not going to run for president in 2016\"", "Statement Score": 1} {"rowid": 22, "Person": "Carly Fiorina", "Party": "Republican", "Statement Date": "9-Jan", "Latest Statement": "HH: On a day like today, does it make you rethink even thinking about running for president given the complexity, the burden, the sorrow that goes with that office? CF: No, in fact just the opposite. Because I think we have to have leaders with the moral clarity and courage to call evil by its name. And I do not think we have enough of that leadership. We certainly don\u2019t have it in the White House today, and we don\u2019t have it with our former secretary of state. And the longer we resist calling evil by its name, and doing what is necessary to combat it, the worse this will get.", "Statement Score": 4} {"rowid": 23, "Person": "Mitt Romney", "Party": "Republican", "Statement Date": "9-Jan", "Latest Statement": "\u201cPeople ask if I really want to be president,\u201d Romney said, according to a source in the room. \u201cYeah, I want to be president.\u201d", "Statement Score": 3} {"rowid": 24, "Person": "Mike Pence", "Party": "Republican", "Statement Date": "7-Jan", "Latest Statement": "\u201cIt\u2019s not on our agenda. It\u2019s not our focus. I am completely focused on the future of the people of Indiana and this session of the General Assembly. We\u2019ll let decisions about my future wait until the spring.\u201d", "Statement Score": 2} {"rowid": 25, "Person": "Rob Portman", "Party": "Republican", "Statement Date": "2-Dec", "Latest Statement": "\"I don't think I can run for president and be an effective senator at the same time,\" Portman said. \"While I appreciate the encouragement I have received from many to run for president, my focus will remain on Ohio and running for re-election to the Senate in 2016.\"", "Statement Score": 1}