I'll take a stab. I'll leave out most of the "mays" and "mights." It's understood.
OptimisticOwl Wrote:In six months, we will see the new tax policies start to take shape. The tax cuts will be shallow, the tax hikes deep. Half the country will see higher taxes in one form or another.
Both cuts and hikes will be shallow (or nonexistent) in the short term, because he'll back off in the name of the economy. [Disclaimer: I am not voting for him because I think he'll back off on his tax plans.]
Quote:Biden has corectly predicted that Obama will be tested - I think it will be Russia first, but Iran and North Korea may take a turn as well, and the Islamic terrorists may also make an attack, just to see how BO will react. he will refer the matter to the UN, I expect.
Yeah, he probably would refer it to the UN (if it happened), but he won't wait when they dither. I think he's more hawkish than many expect. Russia and Iran will be hamstrung by the low price of oil. No bomb for Iran any time soon. (If there is something actionable, Israel will be proactive.) The Arab world will become more aligned with us (not entirely) against our common enemy the Iranians. All will not be rosy, but we will have more influence world-wide.
Quote:Two years, the recession will still be deep, extended by BO's corporate tax policies.
Economy is slowly recovering by then, largely unaffected good or bad by the subdued tax changes. But the consumer economy will never be what it was because people now understand credit. At the end of 2010, Obama lets the Bush tax cuts expire (except those affecting middle class), still with minor effect as the economy continues to slowly recover. Health care changes will be incremental.
Quote:Osama bin Laden will still be alive and well and living in safety.
OBL will die of illness. Al Qaeda continues its decline. US troops will be mostly out of Iraq by late 2010, but we'll still be knee-deep in the Pakistan/Afghan border area. I can't predict when we'll be out of there. No more bombs for North Korea. None at all for Iran.
Quote:(Four years) Osama bin Laden will alive and well and honored, living in Iran.
Iran will refuse to harbor their Sunni enemy (who'll be dead, anyway).
Four years from now, economy will be OK, not glittering. Health care, Social Security, and Medicare still largely unresolved. No more huge terrorist attacks on US soil after 2001. Afghan war still on. Better global relations, but still instability from the likes of Chavez and Iran and their surrogates. Africa still a mess. Progress on de-carbonation of energy is being made, but not dramatically. Youth and far left not as engaged. Obama wins a second term by a squeaker (over Huckabee???).
Uh...nobody's saving these, are they?