Christine O’Donnell (R) is mulling another U.S. Senate race from Delaware, the Wilmington News Journal reports.

“O’Donnell continues to be regarded by some in her party as a divisive liability who should stay off the ticket, and her decision to run again for the Senate remains up in the air, just as it was after 2010… The tea party sensation has yet to announce her plans for next year, causing some Delaware Republicans to wonder if her indecision is keeping other GOP candidates from stepping forward as the campaign draws closer.”

So far, no names aside from O’Donnell’s have surfaced as possible challengers to Sen. Chris Coons (D-DE).

Sen. Mitch McConnell (R-KY), “bracing for a primary challenge backed by anti-tax Tea Party activists, is shrinking from his longtime role as a broker of high-stakes congressional deals to tend to his own political survival,” Bloomberg reports.

Washington Post: “Long before any candidates announce their presidential bids, the next race for the White House is unofficially underway. Political operatives for two independent groups — American Bridge 21st Century on the left and America Rising on the right — are already tracking potential contenders, aiming to build robust research files that can be used against the opposition.”

“The organizations are part of a wave of super PACs, advocacy groups and even for-profit corporations that are poised to play their biggest role yet in national politics. They are launching opposition research projects, mobilizing volunteers and even helping to recruit candidates — further eroding the primacy of the official party hierarchies in the process.”

Michelle Nunn (D) told the Atlanta Journal Constitution that she’s a candidate in the 2014 race for U.S. Senate, the very seat once held by her father.

Said Nunn: “I’m excited about it. I’ve learned that you can’t wait for somebody else to do it. Everybody has an individual role and a responsibility to contribute where they can. This seems like a way for me to contribute.”

Her formal announcement is on Tuesday.

“He tried to make love to the tea party and they didn’t like it.”

— Senate Majority Leader Harry Reid, quoted by Politico, on the possibility of a tea party backed challenger to Minority Leader Mitch McConnell.

Former New York Gov. Eliot Spitzer (D) has a new talk-to-camera ad that apologizes for the prostitution scandal that killed his political career and suggests his record makes him the ideal candidate for New York City Comptroller.

Said Spitzer: “Look, I failed. Big time.”

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Virginia gubernatorial candidate Ken Cuccinelli (R) was the topic of a hilarious discussion on The View today.

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