Its time for some quick political analysis on what winning the 2012 Super Bowl bid means.

Mayor Greg Ballard can take credit for winning a bid where Bart Peterson failed, and because the game comes after the next election, he can run on it in 2011 without knowing if its a success or a failure.

Bart Peterson can still come back and run while taking credit for laying the groundwork for a bid and starting the work on a new stadium.

Mark Miles may want to run for public office.  First the 1987 Pan Am games, and now this, is he a lucky charm, or what? 

Incumbents on the City County Council and the state legislature will stumble over each other taking credit.  Who’s against the new stadium now?