Whatever Michelle and/or the kids wear for the Inauguration will be severely criticized.
Obama’s first judicial nomination - a seemingly routine appointment to something like the U.S. District Court in Omaha, who has been recommended by both the state’s Senators, all of its representatives, a unanimous resolution by the state legislature and approved by the American Bar Association - will come under intense scrutiny because the candidate has no record either for or against abortion rights.
An ordinary gang fight between two tribes in a central Asian country whose name no one can pronounce will be proclaimed as “the test” Biden said Obama would face.
Amy Winehouse will overdose on drugs, proving that Obama is leading western civilization down the road to ruin, even though Winehouse isn’t even an American.
In non-politcal news, worldwide media coverage will focus on New York City trying to dig out from under a 4-inch snowfall. Meanwhile, Buffalo, NY will have had 31 inches of snow the same evening and be doing just fine.
There will be rain in Southern California. The news will cover it as if Noah was sailing the ark right down the freeway.
We’re not celebrating New Years Eve because of the economic crisis. People are staying at home on New Year’s Eve because of their 401k balance, not because it falls in the middle of the week.
Back to our live reporter with the Marine Corps Band (“The President’s Own”) on the subject of a special march that can be played on frozen instruments.
We will also have a piece about what presidents and presidents=elect talk about on the drive from the White House to the Capitol.
The credit crunch means that people will buy less during this Christmas season. There will be many sales. The media will cover this obsessively. Robert Peston will have a nervous breakdown due to overwork. Economists will be concerned.
The Christmas #1 single will be hyped to high heaven and then instantly forgotten.
A small town somewhere will erect a nativity scene in front of City Hall. A dust-up will ensue. Somehow, and I’m not sure how yet, the right wing will attack Obama over it.