A McCain/Palin landslide is certainly more likely than an Obama/Biden one. I'm content to predict a comfortable GOP win. :-) There may be some riots and ugliness. But I'm hopeful that will be minimal. Remember all the predictions of chaos at the 2008 Dem convention? That really didn't materialize.
But if things do get bad, I agree - the media is to blame. Plus some lousy Dem politicians like Jack Murtha intentionally stoking the flames.
The spin after we win will divide the country even further. I never took the convention chaos seriously, the aftermath of a McCain win, I do.