- Barack Obama: Defeated the Clinton machine and the Republicans
- Joe Biden: His major fault is he occasionally he speaks before fully spooling up his brain, but he’s certainly qualified to be Vice President
- Hillary Clinton: Who eventually did the right thing – will likely be a major player in the Senate
- John McCain: For making a classy concession speech (too bad he didn’t run his campaign that way)
You might find Tariq Nelson’s lists of election winners and losers to be of interest.