Philip Rucker at the Washington Post is out with this new piece, based on dozens of interviews with Romney’s friends and neighbors: Mitt Romney looks out the windows of his beach house here in La Jolla, a moneyed and pristine enclave of San Diego, at noisy construction workers fixing up his next-door neighbor’s home, sending regular updates […]

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 […]

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 […]

#MittStalk2012 continues as Mitt & Ann stop to allow college students to take a picture of them as the almost-First Couple were leaving Limone Pizzeria in Salt Lake City, Utah. Apparently they looked like they enjoyed their meal and who can blame them. The same day a reviewer on UrbanSpoon gave the restaurant a great review: “Good […]

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 […]

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 […]

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 – […]