Anytime we're playing armchair prognosticator, it's golden. Because....
*** you can always count on someone to predict a Republican win in Rhode Island or a Democratic win in Utah
*** you can expect our number crunching geniuses (I mean that sincerely) to provide breakdowns of the turnout, the vote, etc along all kinds of lines -- black, white, innies, outties, the nude bowler vote, etc...
*** you can expect me to predict my candidates will lose because I am like Eeyore
*** you can expect others (you provide the name) to predict their candidate will win, no matter how far down in the polls they are.
*** someone is going to say, "It's a wait of time to predict"...we won't know until election night.
*** someone is going to create a thread about the Presidential election 30 years from now and put in the names of some people who ran or were talked about this time.
All in all -- it's golden, because it's just so much fun!
I missed your pessimism! Welcome back, man.
Looking forward to your 2012 prediction of a 10 point margin, 400 EV Palin/Huckabee ticket landslide. 
Yes, I promise to predict a Palin/Bachman landslide.
This is what I always do. My favorite team is headed into the championship series. I predict they will be trounced in a sweep. It all stems from being a Pittsburgh Pirates fan and having 1990, 1991 and 1992 seared into my memory. Well, that and the 2000 and 20004 elections!
