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. […]

Gentleman’s Quarterly (GQ) produces a “25 least influential people” list for the year. And the man who occupied the nation’s attention for at least a large chunk of the year and received nearly half of the country’s vote as he aggressively challenged an incumbent president made the top of the list (and yeah, the top […]

Texas Governor Perry has declared that in July 2013 he will “make an announcement about my future political plans.” Considering the date, those “future plans” will likely be whether or not he runs for reelection in 2014. Perry, who ran and lost in the 2012 Republican presidential primaries, has said in the past that he is leaning towards […]

Romney’s chief campaign strategist Stuart Stevens, who has kept his head low since his campaign’s loss on November 6, penned an op-ed in the Washington Post today: “Mitt Romney: A good man. The right fight.” Nobody liked Romney except voters. What began in a small field in New Hampshire grew into a national movement. It wasn’t our […]

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 a post-election statement whose purpose seemed to be to explain why Gallup was wrong about the election outcome, Gallup editor-in-chief Frank Newport included what can only be interpreted as a dig at the New York Times‘ Nate Silver and predicted analyses like Silver’s could result in less polling in future cycles: It’s not easy nor […]

In an interview with ABC News’ Jonathan Karl, Senator Rand Paul (R-KY) admits he’s open to running for president in 2016. Asked directly whether he was going to run for president in 2016, Paul responded, “You know, I want to be part of the national debate. I think it’s a little too soon to talk […]

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 […]

by Christopher C. Smith The United States of America is in dire financial straits. Faced with an enormous deficit, stagnating revenues, and runaway Medicare costs, the nation’s been locked in mortal combat over whether to further damage the economy by raising taxes, compromise our strategic position by cutting defense, or throw the poor and the […]