JENNIFER RUBIN: Not so fast on trying to narrow the 2012 Presidential field. Read the whole thing, which is full of good advice. Let the primaries do the winnowing.

Meanwhile, I’d note too that it’s a mistake to get too distracted by Presidential politics. Here in Tennessee, for example, our new governor, Bill Haslam, is a competent country-club Republican, but no Tea Party type. Nonetheless, the big news is that the legislature has gone Republican. That was a much bigger deal than the gubernatorial election, even though it was harder to see while it was happening. For what it’s worth, my advice to Tea Party activists would be to focus on Congressional elections now, and worry about Presidential politics later.