A Alternative Leader has emerged in 100 days

(thefix)Aside from Obama, who else won in the first 100 days? Our take -- gleaned from conversations with dozens of political operatives as well as our own observations -- is below:

Mitt Romney: The former governor of Massachusetts has done everything right in terms of positioning himself as the leading GOP contender against Obama in 2012. He kept his political team -- both in Washington and Boston -- largely intact, used his political action committee to flex his fundraising muscle and used his background in business to criticize the growth in government spending under the new administration. And, as the fight over health care begins to gear up over the summer and into the fall, Romney is already in place to emerge as the plan's leading GOP critic.