Eagle's Election Expectations

1. The Democrats are going to end up nominating Obama, one way or another. His running mate will be someone other than Hillary Clinton.

2. His press coverage will continue to get more negative, while McCain's will remain glowingly positive.

3. The press narratives will be familiar: the Republican nominee will be presented as a tough, straight-talking "regular guy," while the Democratic nominee will be presented as effeminate, effete and vaguely foreign--"not really one of us."

4. There will be articles that contrast the candidates' houses. As in "Barack Obama lives in a mansion in a rich district of Chicago. By contrast, John McCain likes to have barbecues on his ranch in Arizona."

5. Obama will win anyway.