Jim Webb withdraws from US 2016 presidential race
Former Virginia Senator Jim Webb has announced his withdrawal from the 2016 presidential race, citing incompatibility with the Democratic Party, yet leaving open the option of running as an independent candidate.
“I am withdrawing from any consideration of being the Democratic party’s nominee for the presidency,” Webb said at a press conference late Tuesday.
The Vietnam War veteran and former Reagan Navy secretary appeared as a bipartisan moderate when he announced his campaign in early July.
“I fully accept that my views on many issues are not compatible with the power structure and nominating base of the Democratic Party,” he stated. “Its hierarchy is not comfortable with many of the policies that I have forth and frankly I’m not comfortable with many of theirs.”
Despite predictions that he would be the one behind an anti-Clinton campaign in the party, Webb was not very active campaigning.
He said, however, that he will be “thinking through all of my options.”
“How I remain as a voice will depend on what sort of support I’m showing in the coming weeks as I meet with people from all sides of the political landscape.”
“We’ll just have to see what happens next,” Webb said, sounding open to the possibility of running as an independent.
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