{"id":10541,"date":"2012-11-06T21:20:20","date_gmt":"2012-11-07T02:20:20","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.patheos.com\/blogs\/religionprof\/?p=10541"},"modified":"2012-11-06T21:20:20","modified_gmt":"2012-11-07T02:20:20","slug":"election-night-predictions-and-discussion","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.patheos.com\/blogs\/religionprof\/2012\/11\/election-night-predictions-and-discussion.html","title":{"rendered":"Election Night Predictions and Discussion"},"content":{"rendered":"\n<\/head>
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Now that the votes are being counted, I feel like I can say what I foresee happening.<\/p>\n

I predict that either the Democratic or Republican candidate will win the election.<\/p>\n

I predict that, if the economy does better or worse, it will have less to do with who was elected president than with other factors.<\/p>\n

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I predict that the majority of doomsday-like predictions made by opponents of the winner will not come true.<\/p>\n

So by all means talk about the election, who you think will win, and what you think will happen as a result if you are correct, or if you are not.<\/p>\n

But then let's move on, and ask the next big question: Who will be the candidates in 2016? Anyone out there who would like to see Hillary Clinton vs. Condoleezza Rice?<\/p>\n

But let's make this an open thread. And so feel free to have any sort election night discussion, and not just discussion about election might!<\/p>\n<\/body><\/html>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

Now that the votes are being counted, I feel like I can say what I foresee happening. I predict that either the Democratic or Republican candidate will win the election. I predict that, if the economy does better or worse, it will have less to do with who was elected president than with other factors. 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