Tulsi Gabbard's surprise announcement

It seemed like this was inevitable, eventually.  This is a great thing; Tulsi Gabbard confirming her team.

Trump VP already decided

Decide, but not shared.  While there's no announcement, here's president Trump with his charisma dial turned up to 11.

Thursday Hillary Bash - This is not the Announcement the media is looking for

With all apologies to Obi Wan Kenobi and Sir Alec Guiness, this is not the announcement the media was looking for from Hillary Clinton:

Not a good feeling: being on vacation and seeing this in the inbox. (It's a Foundation $ plea.) pic.twitter.com/yvAVlHJVN7

— Gabriel Debenedetti (@gdebenedetti) December 30, 2014

It's a plea for money from the Clinton Foundation.  Is it worth bashing her over?  Maybe if you were waiting for her to announce a run, because you are a rabid Clintonian.  Or maybe if you want to bash rabid Clintonians...

Rick Perry's Stealth Announcement of his Run for President 2016

It looks like Rick Perry has beaten Hillary Clinton to the starting gate by announcing that he will be running for president in 2016.  Of course it was a stealth announcement because all he really announced was that he would not seek another term as governor.

This was not unpredictable. Perry postponed the announcement to work on the Texas abortion debate. That delay signaled that his remaining work to do on that issue was kind of a finishing up effort. He didn't want his retirement announcement to interfere with his efforts on that front. It was clear at that point that he was planning to announce his ending of his role as governor of Texas. And as I said that was a stealth announcement of his plans to run for president in 2016.

I guess it isn't really all that stealthy then, is it?

No, Gingrich isn't dropping out

Newt Gingrich has a press conference lined up for later tonight after the Nevada caucuses have probably wrapped up.  Speculation is circling that maybe he's dropping out.  I don't think so.

Instead of the traditional election night party, former House Speaker Newt Gingrich will hold a press conference after the Nevada Caucus on Saturday, raising new speculation about his future in the race.

An e-mail sent to reporters on Saturday morning set the Las Vegas press conference for 11 p.m. to midnight Eastern time. It will be held at the Venetian, a hotel run by Sheldon Adelson, who has donated millions of dollars to the pro-Gingrich super PAC Winning Our Future.

Sarah Palin Announces...

Nothing. Nada. Zip. Zilch. Arg. Via ABC Sarah Palin Talks About Her ‘Plan’ but Does Not Announce in Iowa;

Again?

ABC News’ Sheila Marikar reports: Sarah Palin’s Iowa speech sounded a lot like a stump speech. She made frequent references to “my plan” — “My plan is a bona-fide pro-working man’s plan and it deals in reality … My plan is about empowerment...

I'm guessing an announcement is indeed coming, but it's starting to take too long.