EMILY's List, which aims to elect Democrat women who support abortion rights, is out Thursday with new polling describing what voters are seeking in a woman president--and, it adds, voters in key states are quite ready for a woman in the White House.

The survey appeared on the same day that a new Quinnipiac University poll showed former Secretary of State Hillary Clinton an overwhelming choice among Democratic primary voters, with Vice President Joe Biden a distant second. If Clinton does not run, though, Biden becomes a strong favorite.

In the EMILY's List poll, Lisa Grove and Jeffrey Liszt of Anzalone Liszt Grove Research found that in battleground states:

• 90% would consider voting for a qualified woman candidate from their party
• 86% believe that America is ready to elect a woman president
• 72% believe that it is likely that America will elect a woman president in the next presidential election
• 51% believe that the women elected to Congress and Senate last cycle are making a positive difference
• 75% believe a woman president would be a good thing for this country, and that it will send a positive signal to our children and grandchildren
• And a female president is perceived to be as capable or more capable than a male president when it comes to:

o   Understanding the challenges that middle class families face and the challenge of juggling work and family

o   Ending partisan bickering

o   Putting families ahead of politics

The poll was conducted in nine states. To read more: https://emilyslist.org/sites/default/files/Madam_President_Poll_Release.pdfhttps://emilyslist.org/sites/default/files/Madam_President_Poll_Release.pdf

Hillary Clinton for President? In New Hampshire, Democrats sure tend to think so.

New Hampshire is traditionally the nation's first primary state, and a new WMUR Granite State poll found the former Secretary of State with an overwhelming lead in the 2016 presidential primary race.

Clinton, who won the state's 2008 Democratic primary, was the choice this time of 61 percent of likely Democratic Primary voters. Vice President Joe Biden was far behind with 7 percent. Trailing were New York Gov. Andrew Cuomo.

Asked who they would not choose under any circumstances, 7 percent mentioned Biden and 4 percent named Clinton.

The Republican picture was murkier. "There is no clear frontrunner," a poll analysis said.

Fifteen percent of likely Republican Primary voters said they'd back Kentucky Sen. Rand Paul. Next was Florida Sen. Marco Rubio at 11 percent.

The survey was conducted by the University of New Hampshire Survey Center from April 4 to 9.

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James Carville is ready to help the group promoting a Hillary Clinton presidential run in 2016.

Carville is said to not be officially joining the The Ready for Hillary Political Action Committee, devoted to pushing the former Secretary of State into the race,. But the commmittee sent out this e-mail Thursday morning from Carville, a key architect of President Bill Clinton's 1992 electoral victory:

.Dear [Name],

There hasn't been a presidential election in my lifetime when Democrats have been as united behind a potential candidate as we are today. The enthusiasm and hunger for a Hillary Clinton Presidency is unlike anything I've ever seen.

So I’m not going to waste my time writing you about how great Hillary is or how formidable she’d be – you know it all already.

But it isn't worth squat to have the fastest car at the racetrack if there ain't any gas in the tank -- and that's why the work that Ready for Hillary PAC is doing is absolutely critical. We need to convert the hunger that's out there for Hillary's candidacy into a real grassroots organization.

The White House says President Obama looks forward to joining his four living predecessors in Dallas for the opening of the George W. Bush Presidential Center at Southern Methodist University April 25.

Obama and First Lady Michelle Obama will attend as well as former President Bill Clinton and his wife, former Secretary of State Hillary Clinton; former President George H.W. Bush and his wife, Barbara; and former President Jimmy Carter and his wife, Rosalynn.

The last time all five were together was in January 2009 in a meeting hosted by Bush at the White House.

"He’s very pleased to be going, and looks forward to it," White House spokesman Jay Carney said. "The office of the President of the United States is a pretty rare position to hold, and only those who have held it can fully appreciate what it means to be president of the United States.  And he shares in common with President George W. Bush a love, a deep love for his country, and appreciates President Bush’s service, and looks forward to being there with him as well as President George H. W. Bush and Presidents Clinton and Carter."

The last time all five were together was in January 2009 in a meeting hosted by Bush at the White House.

The 226,560-square-foot center housing a library, museum, presidential archives, a public policy institute, a foundation and a park. 

The NCAA college basketball tournament can be a tough time for Nancy Pelosi.

The House Democratic leader explained Thursday "you know I'm a Hoya fan, so I start with Georgetown...because many of my kids went there, including my husband."

But she represents a San Francisco-based congressional district, grew up in Baltimore, so...give her some time, she asked reporters at her weekly news conference.

"I have to study the brackets because once I asked President Clinton whether he's going to be for Arkansas or Georgetown; he said, well, I'm going to be with Arkansas. They really have a chance to win this year," she recalled.

"So I've got to take a look and see where everybody stands. But, you know, as it is, I have a lot of allegiances to many of those schools, and I just want -- well, I don't even want anybody to lose. I'm just rooting for everybody, especially the players."

The politician in her was taking over. "I want them all to succeed, whatever team they're on.  I'm crazy -- I'm March mad. I'm addicted to basketball -- I mean, all sports, but college basketball, very exciting," Pelosi said.

The House of Representatives plans to debate and vote on a Republican-authored 10 year budget plan next week, and Saturday, Budget Committee Chairman Paul Ryan made the case for the proposal in the weekly Republican address.

The plan is expected to get virtually no Democratic support, particularly since it dramatically cuts projected domestic spending and endorses changes in Medicare.

Ryan offered this account of his plan:"

Next week, the House of Representatives will vote on a plan to improve the lives of American families by balancing the budget in ten years.

“How do we do it?  Well, it’s pretty simple: we stop spending money we don’t have.  Historically, we’ve paid a little less than one-fifth of our income in taxes to the federal government each year.  But the government has spent more—a lot more.  And the results are plain to see: despite the President’s promise, the stimulus didn’t work.  Today, 46 million people are living in poverty, the highest in a generation.  One in seven workers either can’t find a job or works only part time."

He urged the White House to work with him.

"So today," Ryan said, "We invite President Obama to do what President Clinton did—to work with Republicans in Congress to balance the budget.  He can join in the effort, or he can choose the status quo.  But he must choose."

To see Ryan's remarks: http://www.youtube.com/HouseConference

President Barack Obama and First lady Michelle Obama had dinner with former President Bill Clinton and former Secretary of State Hillary Clinton at the White House last week.

The four dined together last Friday, according to th White House.

White House spokesman Josh Earnest confirmed the dinner Friday but said it was "private" and he could not reveal any further details. He denied that the former president advised Obama to meet with congressional Republicans, and said Obama's engagement began earlier than that.

The event was not listed on Obama's public schedule.

Former President Bill Clinton offered advice to House of Representatives Democrats Friday, reminding them to reach out beyond obvious constituencies.

"We should not rely on demography alone" in order to be successful, he told the audience at Virginia's Lansdowne Resort. Democrats are wrapping up three days of strategy sessions.

He urged touting the 2010 health care, even as Republicans demand its repeal and replacement. "We Democrats own the health reform issue now," Clinton said.

Understand, he urged, that while it's being implemented, it won't always be perfect. But, Clinton said, "Stay with this. Make it work. Prove that we were right to do it."

On guns, he said, don't assume gun owners are automatically anti-gun control. Talk to them.

'Treat these people as our friends, our neighbors, people we share a country with," he said.

The friendship between Barack Obama and Bill Clinton has evolved over time, culminating in the former president barnstorming the nation for the president's re-election campaign this year.

Obama campaign spokeswoman Jen Psaki acknowledged the hard fought campaign between Obama and Clinton's wife now secretary of state, but said they have a unique bond that you only have when you've served in the Oval Office and you're dealing with the tough decisions you have to deal with as president.

Clinton "has been a tireless -- and by tireless I mean he is also losing his voice -- advocate on behalf of the president,'' she said. "Obama has enjoyed the growth in their friendship and relationship...They have a really easy rapport with one another and that's been a really enjoyable part of the last couple of weeks."

President Obama and former President Bill Clinton joined forces on a chilly Sunday to rally 14,000 supporters outside the gold-domed New Hampshire state capitol. Supporters held up flurry of blue
"Forward!" signs.

"Our work is not yet done,'' Obama said. "After all we’ve been through together, we can’t give up now...I know I look a little older but I have a lot of fight left in me!"

Obama's speech was similar to those he had made in the closing days of the election -- touting his record on domestic and foreign issues while criticizing Romney for not being clear about his agenda and for proposing ideas that have already been tried.

"New Hampshire, we know our ideas work. We tried them and they worked for middle class families…We tried giving big tax cuts to the wealthiest….And what did we get? Falling incomes and record deficits that we’ve been cleaning up ever since."