2025 Martini Awards Finale: Person of the Year, Loser of the Year, Turncoat of the Year

2025 Martini Awards Finale: Person of the Year, Loser of the Year, Turncoat of the Year

Author: Jim Geraghty & Greg Corombos – Political Humor Commentary December 31, 2025 Duration: 17:16
Jim and Greg close out 2024 with the finale of this year's 3 Martini Lunch Awards. Today, they give out their prestigious choices for Person of the Year, Loser of the Year, and Turncoat of the Year. 

On Person of the Year, Jim chooses the figure who was at the center of everything in 2025 and enjoyed some major victories while also making some missteps. Meanwhile, Greg chronicles the biggest policy success of the year and honors the men and women responsible for executing the policy in face of unhinged political protest.

For Loser of the Year, Jim chooses the political figure who burst onto the national political scene in 2024 and ends 2025 immersed in one of the biggest political scandals in the nation Meanwhile, Greg chooses a top Democrat who became a pariah in his own party and is condemned whether he makes deals with Republicans or launches a pointless government shutdown.

For Turncoat of the Year, Jim highlights eight people who ended a protracted and meaningless impasse in Washington. Greg chooses the elected figures and others who hate Trump so much they openly take the side of criminals.


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