Shpilband/Zoueva have 2 #1 teams. V/M may have won, but D/W are also World Champions, and they are the #1 US team. In the world of politics, it's now a game amongst Federations. Which Fed has the greater power in the ISU? Which Fed is going to give advantages to Z/S? Right now, Z/S will politick for both, but see which team is really worth their time and money.
There are lots of people in the skating world who believe that V/M are the greatest team, that they have talents that few other teams can reach. People of other Feds don't want a team like that; a team that is so dominant that their skaters don't have a chance, especially if their strongest medal winning chances are in ice dance. So they will want to politick against V/M, keep scores of competitors close, prop up competitors who eventually have a better chance of being beaten themselves. If the tide turns strong enough, it will be in Z/S's interest to "not politick strong enough" for V/M. Z/S want gold.
Well my two cents is that there will be lobbying all around and well on one hand yes federations might politik against V/M but on the other hand, traditionalists like Zhulin may politik for them indirectly. For Z/S - long term - from a business perspective - they would want to have D/W win gold at Sochi to attract US based teams to them and from a marketing perspective - to be able to say that they gave 2 teams olympic gold medals. With the SDs being the Yankee Polka and the Finnstep - D/W have been dealt very good cards. So let's see what they come up with next year for the FD...As for V/M - hey I am just happy that they are competing.