This story out of my home state of West Virginia details how the Mountain State’s congressional delegation could become a major source of power as Democrats now control the House and Senate.

Sen. Robert C. “Big Daddy” Byrd, 88, is slated to become the new chair of the Senate Appropriations Committee, while Sen. Jay Rockefeller could become chair of the Senate Intelligence Committee.

Rep. Nick J. Rahall, D-W.Va., said “I think we?re going to super-size Big Daddy.”