The Note: Hillary Clinton and Jeb Bush’s Slippery Slope

NOTABLES --FRUSTRATION WITH THE FRONT-RUNNERS: While still far ahead for her party’s nomination, Hillary Clinton faces challenges, according to the latest ABC News/Washington Post poll. She’s slipped underwater in personal favorability for the first time since her unsuccessful run for the presidency in 2008, ABC’s GARY LANGER notes. She’s deeper in the hole for honesty and trustworthiness – down 5 points in just two months and 12 points in the last year. And Americans by 17- to 24-point margins disapprove of her handling of recent questions on her use of personal e-mail while secretary of state, her handling of the Benghazi attack in Libya and fundraising by her family’s foundation. Republican Jeb Bush, at the same time, has even greater difficulties with personal favorability than Clinton, and a far weaker home base. He’s lost 11 points in support for the nomination among Republicans and GOP-leaning independents who are registered to vote, from a front-running 21 percent in March...