as a political prognosticator, i have limited supernatural powers (for example, at one point i predicted that jim gilmore would emerge from the pack to capture the republican nomination. on the other hand on the morning of the iowa caucuses i predicted that the nominees would be obama and mccain, with obama winning.) but here's a stab. in a month or two sarah palin will be a kind of american folk hero. and john mccain will win the election.