article_snippet: Welcome to cagey and often absurd early stages of this campaign for president.
article_snippet: And each, like the others who have been or soon will be coming, are taking great pains to avoid stating the obvious and triggering the headaches that come with being a full-blown candidate.
article_snippet: Each of the likely candidates is coached to couch Each of the likely candidates ambitions in hypotheticals.
article_snippet: Several candidates are likely to start taking the next steps in April, and most have been laying the groundwork for a campaign for months if not years.