A new New England College poll in New Hampshire finds Hillary Clinton running far ahead of other Democrats in a possible presidential primary matchup with 65%, followed by Vide President Joe Biden at 10%, Sen. Elizabeth Warren at 5%, New York Gov. Andrew Cuomo at 4% and Massachusetts Gov. Deval Patrick at 3%.

No one dominates the early going on the Republican side. Sen. Marco Rubio led the pack with 17%, followed by Jeb Bush at 16%, Sen. Rand Paul at 15% and New Jersey Gov. Chris Christie and Rep. Paul Ryan at 12% each.

Stu Stevens, the top strategist to Mitt Romney’s failed presidential bid, said that Hillary Clinton wouldn’t survive a Democratic primary, Ruby Cramer reports.

Said Stevens: “She’s been around since the ’70s. It’s very rare that we go back a generation. And you know, unless we nominate Bob Dole, we won’t be going back a generation. If I was a Democratic hot-shot politician, I would primary her so fast.”

Asked who might beat her, Stevens offered just one name: Colorado Gov. John Hickenlooper (D).

“As a trio of scandals threatens to engulf President Barack Obama, congressional Democrats facing election next year are talking tough about the administration and taking the first steps to detach themselves from the president,” Politico reports.

“Yet even as Republicans see an opening, some in the GOP are urging caution: They say the party needs to avoid appearing so eager to damage Obama and score political points that it undermines what looks like their best shot in three years to go on the offensive.”

“With Obama becoming an ever-larger political target, two midterm elections that saw voters take out their anger at Washington in ways that could potentially come into play next year — 2010 and 1998 — loom large in the minds of both parties.”

Former Rep. Anthony Weiner (D) is preparing to jump into the New York City mayoral race, possibly as soon as next week, the New York Daily News reports.

“At least two people close to Weiner have been contacting political operatives to gauge if they would go to battle for him.”

Politico reports Weiner has already hired Danny Kedem as his campaign manager, “a recent Democratic Congressional Campaign Committee adviser who spent four months working on a failed Staten Island congressional race last year.”

Former Rep. Mark Schauer (D-MI) “is in the final stages of preparing for a race for governor. He won’t say definitively yet that he’s in, but in an interview with the Detroit Free Press, he said: “I’m strongly leaning toward putting a campaign together and getting going. The desire is there.”

“And as he inches closer to an official campaign kickoff, other potential Democratic candidates have begged off, offering their support to Schauer. Last week, it was former Rep. Bart Stupak (D-MI), Lansing Mayor Virg Bernero and state Board of Education President John Austin who stepped aside.”

“The only one left who is seriously talking about a race is state Rep. Vicki Barnett (D), who said last week that she is still weighing her options and talking with supporters about a possible run.”