Tuesday 31 March 2015  / Hour 1, Block C: James Taranto, Wall Street Journal, in re: We're ready for Hillary. Two young people headed to Iowa to prepare for Mrs Clinton's announcement.  Will set up HQ in Brooklyn, New York; will announce in April. On the debate stage, not votes, just repartee; O'Malley is good and Jas Webb is ferocious. She'll be well prepared and have little to say.  There'll be constant polling that may reveal "anyone but Hillary."  I think Ted Cruz set a new gold standard of announcement speeches at Liberty University  everyone else will look staid and dull and boring in comparison.  Hillary was all those on TV recently, revealed that she'd wiped her email server clean and looked shifty. Doesn’t have her husband's political skills and won only by five points.  GOP has an embarrassment of riches, each with a weakness. Jeb Bush is strong except for his family name. Committee to Unleash Prosperity.  None of these fellows has clear specifics yet; the debates will be v important and natl security will play a strong role – a big weakness for Hillary.  Note James Baker – always been anti-Israel. HRC will have no choice but to go left. Min wage is popular. Obamacare: tweet on the fifth anniversary of its signing and she fully endorsed it. Has made noises about income inequality; will have to make Elizabeth Warren-type sounds, plus women's issues & culture wars.  LK: The big issues will be take-home pay, economic growth and the Mideast mess – I think she's damaged goods.