On his blog, Jere Nahs points out who could suffer most politically from the budget fight:

There are really only two people who are likely to suffer politically as a result of this mess, and that’s Nunnelee (should he run for Congress in 2010 or a statewide office in 2011) and Bryant (in his near certain race for governor in 2011).  Barbour won’t be running for any state office again and it is very difficult to hurt a state representative in his district on an issue like the budget.  State house elections are just not won or lost on issues like the budget.  But statewide races are, and in 2011, Bryant stands the most to lose in the sense that he can be blamed for letting the state finances get out of hand (i.e., failing to exert leadership).

We’ve been screaming this for months now, that Bryant has shown no leadership in the Senate. He’s screwed up one thing after another, even angering his own party over Voter ID.

No wonder so many other statewide Republicans are starting to circle the gubernatorial Republican primary.