'President Hillary Clinton?' In mock election, she wallops the competition. (+video)

Political professionals and grassroots supporters are organizing and raising money in case Hillary Clinton runs for the presidency in 2016. So far, she's leading potential opponents of both parties.

It may be the weekend for the Final Four in the NCAA basketball championship. But for political junkies out there, the Sweet Sixteen already has been whittled down to the two major party candidates in the 2016 presidential race: Hillary Rodham Clinton and Marco Rubio.

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That is, if you believe the chart concocted by the Washington Post the other day pitting 32 possible candidates among Republicans and Democrats who (in their dreams, at least) have a shot at the White House.

More on that later. But former first lady, US Senator, and Secretary of State Clinton seemed to be all over the news this week.

Among the headlines: Be Afraid, GOP: Hillary Clinton Is Back and She Will Beat You in 2016 (The Daily Beast). A viewer's guide to Hillary Clinton Fever (Politico). James Carville Joins Hillary Clinton Super PAC (Huffington Post). Hillary 2016 Supporters Are an Intrepid Bunch (Slate).

Even the nay-sayers kept Clintons name in the news. Hillary Clinton, a mistake for 2016 (CNN). Hopefully the Worst Column Anyone Will Write About Hillary Clinton During This Slow News Week (Slate again).

Part of the buzz no doubt is tied to the (not surprising) news that she has another book deal with Simon & Schuster a memoir about her years in the Obama administration.

Financial terms have not been disclosed, the Associated Press reports. Clinton reportedly received $8 million for her 2003 memoir, "Living History," also published by Simon & Schuster. This new book is untitled so far, bu! t its sch! eduled to come out in June 2014 right in the middle of the mid-term elections campaign.

Meanwhile, a Ready for Hillary political action committee has formed up.

Its a shadow campaign set up at least two years before Clinton will actually decide whether or not to run for president, reports Slates David Wegel. Itll raise money, sell merchandise, and build lists until the actual Clinton campaign bursts to life. And then it will change its name to Ready PAC, raise money, sell merchandise, and build lists, etc.