Webb stirs speculation over an independent presidential bid

WASHINGTON – A flurry of social media posts put up over the Christmas weekend by Jim Webb, the former senator from Virginia who pulled out of the Democratic presidential primary race in October, led to speculation that he will re-enter the 2016 election as an independent candidate for the White House. On Sunday, the National Review's John Fund wrote that Webb's hint in November about mounting an independent bid "looks more likely now" after the Virginian ripped into Hillary Clinton, the Democra

WASHINGTON – A flurry of social media posts put up over the Christmas weekend by Jim Webb, the former senator from Virginia who pulled out of the Democratic presidential primary race in October, led to speculation that he will re-enter the 2016 election as an independent candidate for the White House. On Sunday, the National Review's John Fund wrote that Webb's hint in November about mounting an independent bid "looks more likely now" after the Virginian ripped into Hillary Clinton, the Democra…