Everything I have predicted....

....is coming true. All hail my powers of political divination. Romney did not stand a chance.

Onward to the future: In a match-up between McCain and Hillary, the moderate McCain beats the H.C.-polarizer to a political pulp.

But in a match-up between McCain and Obama, it's a tad more even-steven. Here's where Barack loses ground, however: Obama never seems to speak in specific details, just rhetoric. He's an incredible orator, but once he's challenged on how he'll make his populist rhetoric a practical reality, he'll lose a little steam.

And anti-black wingnuts will appear out of the woodwork to vote against him. The racists and "Hey, I'm not racist, I'm friends with a guy who golfed with Clarence Thomas" types will surely grit their teeth and vote McCain, no matter what people say. A war hero? It's not tough for the typical nationalistic flag-waver to swing that way, and justify that vote to himself.

So I give McCain the edge for the moment. But if Obama can drag Latinos, blacks and college students to the polls, and the Greatest Generation is feeling too old or disillusioned and stays home in their assisted living facilities, he could make it. Make it, he could.