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Tis the season to make empty promises about our actions for the upcoming year, which we will promptly ignore.  So here we go…

Since my 2010 Predictions absolutely sucked, I\’ll ignore past performance and assume you\’re clamoring for what your skilled prognosticator has predicted for this upcoming year.

Nancy Pelosi will finally obtain her goal of being the first politician to achieve a 0% approval rating

Sarah Palin will NOT run for President

Pawlenty will.

Huckabee won\’t

Mitt Romney will.

A large number of small banks previously kept afloat by TARP will fail.

We\’ll all find out what happens when a state declares bankruptcy thanks to California.

That\’ll be after rumors of cuts to state services causes riots and other social unrest.

The individual mandate will be ruled unconstitutional by the Supreme Court

ObamaCare will be defunded, but not repealed.

Gitmo will not close, despite an executive order requiring it to close by January 22nd.

Obama\’s approval rating will fall into the teens

Leadership will change in North Korea, but it will not be a clean transition

European countries will begin to abandon the Euro, Germany will be first

At the national level, Republicans will make only token symbolic cuts to our budget, very few substantive structural cuts will be made

Conservatives support for the Republican party will plummet as a result.

China\’s economy will begin to cool, setting off worries around the global about both political and economic stability.

Michael Steele will NOT be re-elected as RNC Chair

The economy will continue to sputter

The Vikings will suck again…

The Wild will too….

Twins won\’t…

The metrodome will be repaired….

…just in time for a plan to be put in place to replace it WITHOUT state funding

There will be a short state government shutdown

Republicans will force Gov Dayton to accept a smaller budget that includes significant cuts to both Education and Health & Human Services, but does NOT include tax increases.

Liberals will declare this the end of the world.

The public won\’t notice the difference.

Dayton will fall off the wagon….again.