Well, since everyone and their dog are putting up their list of predictions for 2006, here are mine:
1) Samuel Alito will be confirmed by the narrowest of margins in the Senate.
2) Ariel Sharon will win re-election and the Kadima party will grow in strength.
3) Donald Rumsfeld retires in the fall (due to events leading to Prediction #14 coming true) and Gordon England is appointed in his place.
4) Osama bin Laden and Ayman al-Zawahiri won’t be caught. Zarqawi will be tracked down near the Iranian border, but will kill himself to evade capture.
5) One high profile, “top 10″ blogger everyone loves or loves to hate will close up shop, citing fatigue. The blogosphere will morn for about a week then move…OH MY GOSH! BREAKING NEWS…SIREN ON DRUDGE!!
6) Hillary will win re-election in NY. Trump wins the Governor’s race.
7) Israel will attack Iran, as a last resort to protect their country after Iran declares they have nuclear weapons.
President Bush’s approval ratings remain in the 50% range throughout the year.
9) Ruth Bader Ginsburg hangs up her robe at the end of the session. Forced to nominate a woman to keep a woman on the court, Dubya taps Diane Sykes. Senators are grumpy they have to work in August to confirm her. She is confirmed.
10) The US will have it’s first cases of bird flu.
11) Bob Novak’s political career rebounds after he joins #1 rated FOXNEWS. Later breaks several big stories, including scooping everyone and correctly picking Sykes for SCOTUS. Also is given his own TV show (replacing John Gibson).
12) Conservatives are saddened when Howard Dean steps down as DNC Chair after the ‘06 elections. Tom Daschle takes his place. An upswing in donations to the DNC occurs in the months afterward.
13) Dems pick up 3 seats in the House, only 1 in the Senate.
14) Time’s “Person of the Year” in ‘06? Dr. Zalmay Khalilzad. I’ll give you one guess why.
15) ITB will continue to grow in readership.
Feel free to add your predictions. Happy New Year!
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I have always enjoyed listening to interviews of Dr. Zalmay Khalilzad. His resume is amazing. Great predictions. Happy New Year!
Comment by Debbie — Saturday, December 31, 2005 @ 11:50 am CST
Nice! I’ll try to come up with some of my own.
1. One man named Bush will sport a new uniform, but sorry for those who hate President Bush, this Bush will be Reggie Bush.
2. By the end of 2006, less than 100,000 U.S. soldiers will be in Iraq unless Mac’s #7 comes true, or if it is the United States who bombs Iran’s nuclear facilities. If either happens, all bets are off.
3. At least 8 different rumors concerning the death of Osama Bin Laden will be reported while at most one video or audio message will be released by Bin Laden. Hopefully each one will be reported here; some even laughed at.
4. I will continue to lose hair, but only on my head which is the only place I really want hair anyways. Back hair will continue to grow. Mother’s side my ass!
5. Katie Couric will finally be revealed as a 70 person formerly named Tom Snyder. Snyder escaped the Special Olympics in 1956 after winning the 400-meter relay . . . with himself.
6. The Dallas Stars will win the 2006 Stanley Cup.
7. The quagmire in Bosnia will continue as the UN and NATO will be unable to establish a sovereign, democratic government. Meanwhile Iraq will be a huge success in forming a new government while politicos will continue to call it a quagmire.
8. Michael Moore will have a change of heart and instead of making a documentary concerning anything bashing President Bush, he will film a documentary on the positives of a socialist society with a special cameo from Hugo Chavez. Dan Rather will back up the false headlines used by Moore by calling them “fake but accurate.”
9. I will get less hate email than positive email, but I’m rather close at evening the score now.
10. Another hurricane season and another wave of environmentalists blaming the storms of President Bush, all the while believing the entire world climate can change in five or six years.
11. Politicians who rallied against opening up ANWR for oil production will blame high gas prices on President Bush for not doing enough to force OPEC to lower prices.
That’s it for now. I’m all tapped out.
Comment by Chad Evans — Saturday, December 31, 2005 @ 3:06 pm CST