{"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": "8-Jan", "Latest Statement": "\"I am very seriously thinking about it, is what I would say,\" O'Malley said. \"I've been very encouraged as I travel around the country by a number of people who repeat again and again and again their desire for getting things done again as a country and also for new leadership to get those things done.\"", "Statement Score": 3} {"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": "12-Jan", "Latest Statement": "So are you going to run for President? \"No\"", "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": "Brian Schweitzer", "Party": "Democratic", "Statement Date": "5-Jun", "Latest Statement": "Former Montana governor Brian Schweitzer (D) said in a newly published interview with Time Magazine that he'd make a better president than former secretary of state Hillary Rodham Clinton (D).", "Statement Score": 1} {"rowid": 10, "Person": "Rick Perry", "Party": "Republican", "Statement Date": "19-Jan", "Latest Statement": "\u201cI think most people think we\u2019re probably going to run, but we\u2019ll announce our intentions in May or June,\u201d Mr. Perry, 64, said. \u201cI haven\u2019t tried to be coy at all. I\u2019ve been very forthright with my intentions to do the preparatory work that\u2019s required, and we\u2019ve done that.\u201d", "Statement Score": 4} {"rowid": 11, "Person": "Rick Santorum", "Party": "Republican", "Statement Date": "19-Jan", "Latest Statement": "Santorum is still \u201cseveral months away\u201d from deciding on a second presidential run, however, and has yet to lay the groundwork for a campaign. \u201cWe\u2019re just trying to get a sense of where we are,\u201d he said.", "Statement Score": 3} {"rowid": 12, "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": 13, "Person": "Mike Huckabee ", "Party": "Republican", "Statement Date": "26-Jan", "Latest Statement": "\"Most of the people would say, 'Well I sure hope you're running,' and I would tell them well, I think you may get your wish.\"", "Statement Score": 4} {"rowid": 14, "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": 15, "Person": "Chris Christie", "Party": "Republican", "Statement Date": "15-Jan", "Latest Statement": "\"There's a whole bunch of different options on the table, but I haven't made any final decisions about what to do,\" Christie said.", "Statement Score": 3} {"rowid": 16, "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": 17, "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": 18, "Person": "Ben Carson", "Party": "Republican", "Statement Date": "18-Jan", "Latest Statement": "\u201cI am certainly thinking about it and putting together some infrastructure and listening carefully as I travel around the country,\u201d", "Statement Score": 4} {"rowid": 19, "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": 20, "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": 21, "Person": "John Kasich", "Party": "Republican", "Statement Date": "25-Jan", "Latest Statement": "I have not taken any options off the table. There's plenty of time for me to decide. And you know what? Ohio is a microcosm of America. And when you're doing things in a state like this where things are getting better, people are more hopeful, that's an important message to take around the country, whether I run or not.", "Statement Score": 3} {"rowid": 22, "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": 23, "Person": "Carly Fiorina", "Party": "Republican", "Statement Date": "15-Jan", "Latest Statement": "\u201cWell, I haven\u2019t made that decision yet, but what I can tell you is that I\u2019m very seriously considering running,\u201d \u201cBecause I think we need different experience, different perspective and a different voice,\u201d she said.", "Statement Score": 3} {"rowid": 24, "Person": "Mitt Romney", "Party": "Republican", "Statement Date": "30-Jan", "Latest Statement": "\"After putting considerable thought into making another run for president, I\u2019ve decided it is best to give other leaders in the Party the opportunity to become our next nominee.\"", "Statement Score": 1} {"rowid": 25, "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": 26, "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} {"rowid": 27, "Person": "Lindsey Graham", "Party": "Republican", "Statement Date": "29-Jan", "Latest Statement": "\"I\u2019m going to take a look at the presidential primary on the Republican side. We\u2019ll have an organization up and running today,\" Graham told Fox News. \"This organization will allow people to donate money and their time and resources to see if there is a pathway forward for me.\"", "Statement Score": 4}