If all goes well over the next two years, Florida Senator Marco Rubio intends to begin formally running for president not long after the midterm elections in November 2014, sources close to Rubio reportedly told Politico:  Rubio also plans new ideas on immigration, aimed not at broad citizenship but at creating a bigger Hispanic middle class. […]

Yeah, it’s a weird photo by itself. By the story was much more heart-warming: back in December 2010, President Obama chose to solute the Los Angeles Lakers’ championship victory in an unorthodox way: by joining the Lakers’ team and coaches at a Boys and Girls Club in Washington where they helped local kids with their […]

President Obama’s approval ratings have gone up since he was reelected earlier this month, says Micah Cohen, who does polling analysis alongside Nate Silver at the New York Times‘ FiveThirtyEight blog. But compared to previous White House winners, Obama’s bounce has been a little lackluster. A comparison of the last Gallup poll conducted before each […]

On Thursday, President Obama and Mitt Romney will meet together for the first time since Obama defeated Romney on November 6. “On Thursday, Governor Romney will have a private lunch at the White House with President Obama in the Private Dining Room. It will be the first opportunity they have had to visit since the […]

From Eric Staats at the Naple News this morning: Newt and Callista Gingrich’s book-signing tour swung through Naples on Sunday and might one day again morph into another turn down the campaign trail. The former Republican presidential candidate and House Speaker said he has not ruled out running for president in 2016 — but first the GOP must take […]

In an interview with Politico‘s Mike Allen, Jim Messina, the 2012 Obama campaign’s manager, revealed that his team believed that former Utah Governor Jon Huntsman, who also served as President Obama’s Ambassador to China, would likely have been a tougher general election opponent than Mitt Romney. “Um, hmm, that’s a good question,” Messina said when Allen […]

Billionaire Warren Buffett, who supported President Barack Obama in both the 2008 and 2012 elections, told CNN’s Poppy Harlow that he wants Hillary Clinton for President in 2016. About asked the 2016 election, Buffett volunteered, “I hope it’s Hillary Clinton.” Buffett continued, “I like what she believes in, and I think she’s extraordinarily able and – […]

by Trevor Antley and Calvin Roberts. [Update: The election has been called, and the winner of Ohio was President Barack Obama. Our forecast, as we noted was very possible, turned out to be incorrect. While the problem with the model can't be verified until after full election results come in, it is most likely that […]

Follow Trevor on Twitter! @jtantley [Update: So, now that the election is over, I was wrong about three of the eleven swing-states: Florida, Virginia, and Pennsylvania. Not super good!] Four days out from election day, and without any more predictable game-changers that could shake-up the race, I’m ready to post my final predictions for the […]