I missed he first ten minutes, but from the rest of it: Obama loses. Iowa GOPers aligned with Rudy and Romney get rallied. They both came off well. And John McCain, staying in it, keeps people from writing him off. I don’t think he comes back, but he will be admired for keeping with it, staying on important message, and should play a role as elder statesmen.

There are issues, but I do think Republicans can feel fairly good about this current field.