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Bumpy learning curve for likely candidates in 2016 race

WASHINGTON (AP) – If you’re an aspiring presidential candidate, says professional crisis manager Eric Dezenhall, right now is “a great time to take a pratfall because it’s so far away from anything major.”

That’s a good thing because so many of the candidates’ feet have been sliding out from under them.

The first six weeks of 2015 have featured mangled messages, snappishness, a bad hire and other flubs from the Republicans who would be president.

It’s pretty much to be expected in the earliest stages of a campaign with just short of a gazillion potential candidates who haven’t done this before.

In recent days: