Compare this cycle recruits with their counterparts from the 2010 freshman Senate class, which includes three vice presidential prospects for Romney Rob Portman of Ohio, Marco Rubio of Florida, and Kelly Ayotte of New Hampshire plus Pat Toomey of Pennsylvania and John Hoeven of North Dakota. Much attention focused on the weak tea partyaligned candidates who lost last year, like Christine O in Delaware and Sharron Angle in Nevada. But overall, the National Republican Senatorial Committee recruited a strong and deep roster of candidates in the last cycle.."It's significant in that it's something that was accomplished by a great player, a Hall of Fame player in our league," Payton said. "The other significance of it is that it's coming with success and with our offensive plan. It's not coming as a result of being in close games, maybe losing games, and having to throw at the end.".

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