Romney moves to reassemble campaign team for ‘almost certain’ 2016 bid  —  Mitt Romney is moving quickly to reassemble his national political network, calling former aides, donors and other supporters over the weekend and on Monday in a concerted push to signal his seriousness about possibly launching a 2016 presidential campaign.

The selling of Mitt 3.0  —  Romney is promising he'll be ‘different’ this time.  —  Getty  —  Shortly after Election Day in 2012, a Mitt Romney supporter moaned to POLITICO about the failed GOP nominee's performance: “We had no message, and we gave it to the worst communicator in the world.”

Bill Press: New Gold Rush  —  Barbara Boxer's announcement that she will not seek reelection to the Senate has set off a frenzy in California not seen since the Gold Rush.  Anybody could win.  All you need is a pick, an ax and the ability to raise or cough up a minimum $40 million.  —  Wanna play?

Gavin Newsom's California power play  —  How one rising star forced another's hand in the high-stakes chess match for the state's top offices.  —  SAN FRANCISCO — By Sunday evening, California Lt. Gov. Gavin Newsom had made up his mind: He wanted to be governor, not senator.