According to cbsenews.com, Mitt Romney stated that is was "an honor" to be considered to be President-elect Donald Trump's Secretary of State after the announcement that Rex Tillerson would be the next Secretary of State. The decision came after weeks of vetting various candidates for the job, including Romney, who met with Trump before Thanksgiving in New Jersey. Loyalists to Trump, including his own advisor, Kellyanna Conway, publicly discouraged Trump from choosing Romney for the position. There were reports that Trump faced clashes from his base over his possible decision to choose Romney, who railed against Trump during the GOP primary campaign. In a speech in March, Romney said, ""Let ,e put it plainly, if we Republicans choose Donald Trump as our nominee, the prospects for a safe and prosperous future are greatly diminished."
http://www.cbsnews.com/news/mitt-romney-says-it-was-an-honor-being-considered-for-secretary-of-state/

According to washingtontimes.com, Vice President Joe Biden walked back on his previous statements towards another White House run in 2020 by saying four years is a "lifetime in american politics". Mr. Biden, who is 74, said his age could be an issue if he decided to run again in 2020 and that the political landscape could shift dramatically before the next election. "Age could be very much an issue and it could not be. It depends on the state of my health and the health of whomever is running," he said in an interview on CNN's "State of the Union."
http://www.washingtontimes.com/news/2016/dec/11/biden-tamps-down-2020-speculation-four-years-is-a-/

According to foxnews.com, the House of Representatives has backed down on it's vote to impeach IRS Commissioner John Koskinen for his handling of congressional investigations into the tax agency. With a 342-72 vote, the House sent the issue back to the Judiciary Committee. Republicans have accused Koskinen of impeding inquiries into the Internal Revenue Service's extra scrutiny of conservative nonprofit groups, which occurred before his arrival in 2013. They say Koskinen did not alert Congress quickly enough after records were destroyed under his watch. The Obama administration has backed Koskinen. His defenders say the records' destruction was inadvertent and that he did not knowingly make false statements. They also state that the charges are not serious enough to make him the first official other than judges and presidents to be impeached since 1876.
http://www.foxnews.com/politics/2016/12/06/house-backs-away-from-vote-to-impeach-irs-commissioner.html

According to cbsnews.com, Republican Texas elector, Christopher Suprun, has said that he will not formally vote for Donald Trump when the Electoral College on December 19. In an op-ed published by The New York Times, Suprun argued that Trump has demonstrated that "he is not qualified for the office and wrote that he has failed to unite the country as President George W. Bush did after 9/11. Instead he has ranted and attacked the cast of NBC's "Saturday Night Live". The elector went on to say that Trump "lacks the foreign policy experience and demeanor needed to be commander in chief" and "urged violence against protesters at his rallies during the campaign. He speaks of retribution against his critics." Harvard University law professor Larry Lessig has announced that he will provide free counsel to electors who want to oppose Mr. Trump, according to Politico.
http://www.cbsnews.com/news/texas-gop-elector-announces-he-wont-vote-for-trump/

According to cnnnews.com, Joe Biden announces on Monday that he "might not be going anywhere yet", opening the possibility of a Presidential run in 2020. Biden told reporters that day how much he enjoyed working in his chamber. When cnn jokingly asked if he would run for office again, Biden replied "Yeah, I am. I'm going to run in 2020." When asked what position he would be running for, Biden replied, "For President. What the hell, man." Biden later clarified saying, "I'm not committing to anything. I learned a long time ago fate has a strange way of intervening.
http://www.cnn.com/2016/12/05/politics/joe-biden-2020-run-election/index.html