I don't understand the Jim Webb potential candidacy

[Mr. Morden]

As reported in the tea leaves thread, Webb was in Iowa last month and gave a non-denial on the question of a presidential run.  Now he's talking about it again:

https://uselectionatlas.org/FORUM/index.php?topic=164982.msg4311493#msg4311493

Webb seems like an unlikely prospect to be a presidential candidate.  I got the impression that he only ran for Senate because he was ticked off about the Iraq War, but otherwise wasn't really all that interested in elective office.  That's why he quit after one term.  Now he wants to run for president?

In any case, if he did run, what would his niche be?  I'm struggling to imagine what a Webb campaign would look like.

[Mr. Morden]

Where does Webb fit ideologically, relative to Clinton?  I know he was against the Iraq War, but do we have any other clues as to how he would compare to her on foreign policy?

[Mr. Morden]

Of note:

http://abcnews.go.com/Politics/jim-webb-mulls-2016-run-pose-clinton-challenge/story?id=25708072

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Webb will turn 70 in 2016.  Biden, Sanders, and Webb could all run against Clinton and she'd still be the youngest candidate in the field(!).

[Mr. Morden]

Skepticism about Webb 2016:

http://www.newrepublic.com/article/119557/jim-webb-president-why-hes-unlikely-run-2016

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