It’s hard to remember a presidential contest receiving this much attention so long before the election cycle even began. …
Part of this comes from Republicans. Badly disappointed by 2012, when they blew a very winnable presidential race and lost—rather than gained—three Senate seats, coming up far short of a hoped-for Senate majority, Republicans have already moved on. For Democrats, who are increasingly pessimistic about winning a House majority this decade and are alarmed about the status of their Senate majority, which is teetering on a knife’s edge, thinking about 2016 is a welcomed distraction from current problems. CONT.
Charlie Cook