New Prediction(s)

The Dems take both houses -- or at least tie the Senate -- and Donald Rumsfeld steps down.

Oh wait, this seems to have already happened.

Update: What timing. Had Rumsfeld quit three weeks ago, the Republican Party might have appeared even more of a sinking ship than it already did. With Rumsfeld's resignation coming now, just after the election, the Repubs can paint this as "Party renewal." Brilliant. This is not to mention the fact that the resignation news lead has moved Nancy Pelosi's historic win (first female Speaker) off of the top spot of every online news organization's mainpage. Brilliant, indeed.

Afterthoughts: I wonder if this will hurt Bob Woodward's sales, or make them explode?

Edit: I took the word "Rummy" out of my post -- and I apologize for the brainless interlude. I absolutely hate how pundits/writers/unemployed bloggers often use nicknames for U.S. administration staffers ("Dubya," OK; "Condi," not). I don't normally hold myself to my own standards, but I figure there comes a time when a man should look himself in the mirror, realize that he is awash in his own self-inflicted shame, and make some effort against being the self-centred well of cynicism that he is -- put on a respectable face, and do his best to rid himself of the years of laziness, hypocrisy, and unfair criticism that preceded that moment, if only so he can grasp a brief reprieve of honesty; deliverance from the lies and deceit that so deeply pervade the modern human ethos.

(Wait, I think this is called campaigning...)