Biggest winner: Marco Rubio
Biggest loser: Nancy Pelosi
I think there’s an argument to be made that the biggest winner is Dick Armey, the assumption being that his support for the Tea Party movement is part of a 2012 presidential bid on his part. In my view there are two things wrong with this argument. The first is that it misunderstands the Tea Party movement and the second is that it won’t help—he’s too old.
I’d say the biggest losers are Democrats in state legislatures, who absolutely got their asses handed to them. Opens a lot of map-drawing opportunities for the Republicans in a number of northern states. That’s going to have huge reverberations down the line.
Ah, I see you addressed this downstream. I agree with you – it’s a big deal.
Dont know much about Rubio. Is he just a pretty boy who spouts small government rhetoric, or does he have some chops?
Steve