[Publius]

• The Dow will end 2010 at 4000 due to a financial panic just before the fall elections.
• Gold will end the year st $6250.
• A brand new Tea Party will run citizen politicians, all political newcomers, and will capture the House in the fall elections.
• The Democrats will be restricted to the inner cities and college towns, and the Republicans will be restricted to the Deep South.
• A Glenn Beck "refounder" will reveal, just before the election, a secret alliance between the institutional Democratic and Republican parties to fight the Tea Party with the intent of supporting the nation's monied jnterests against the people. That and the financial panic will lead to the electoral disaster for the two major parties.
• The Tea Party will pick up 30 Senate seats and will begin a campaign to get Democratic and Republican senators who did not run in 2010 to change to the Tea Party to create a majority and thus prevent the Democratic-Republican Alliance from controlling the Senate.
• A move to return to some form of gold standard will go mainstream, no longer just a Ron Paul obsession.
• A Third Vatican Council will be scheduled for 2011 to work on the details of the coming merger of many of the Eastern Orthodox churches.
• Israel will attack Iran with the tacit backing of Jordan, Saudi Arabia and -- surprise! -- Russia. The mullahs of Iran will be overthrown, and by the end of the year the young shah will prepare to return to Iran for a visit.
• The attempt by the Obama Administration to use American military forces to stop Israel's attack will lead to the deaths of many American airmen, and a good many general and flag officers will retire.

[buccaneer81]

The attempt by the Obama Administration to use American military forces to stop Israel's attack will lead to the deaths of many American airmen, and a good many general and flag officers will retire.

In that scenario, expect a real life Seven Days In May, ending very poorly for Obama.

[nomoremods]

Love your predictions about “ordinary” citizens gaining seats in the House and I totally agree. I think this will be the result of Beck’s organization and Palin campaigning for non-politicians to take back Congress. 30 seats is a good guess; I was hoping for somewhere in the 50 - 70 range of conservative Independents winning House seats.

Lakers win 2010 Championship, defeating the Celtics 4-2.