Making Sense of the Midterm Elections

At the Show-Me Forum in Columbia on Feb. 7, political columnist Bob Roper gave his assessment of the 2010 midterm elections. Roper, who writes a twice a month column for the Columbia Daily Tribune, told the crowd Republicans shouldn’t get too cocky over their big gains in November. As he said in this clip, the real winner may have been the tea party.

Watch the entire speech, including Roper’s warnings about government spending and the federal deficit.