WINNERS & LOSERS

WINNERS

IMELDA MARCOS A "shoe-in," she stands to gain a seat in the Philippine House

JOHN KASICH House budget chairman backs up G.O.P. rhetoric with no-nonsense plan

THE RED ARMY Fifty years and 27 million lives after the defeat of Hitler, the West says "Thanks"

LOSERS

BONGBONG MARCOS Imelda's son trails badly in his bid for a seat in the Senate

LANE KIRKLAND Eleven powerful AFL-CIO unions tell their chief to pack his bags

THE N.R.A. Its anti-G-man hate speech hits unexpected target: ex-President Bush, who resigns