PREDICTIONS FOR THE NEXT FOUR YEARS I don’t have many at this point, but try this one on for size: Republicans in New York and California will follow the lead of Democrats in Colorado, and propose initiatives to split the states’ electoral votes.

In the case of New York, California, and Texas, that would actually be good for the states, since each could easily put as many votes in play as any medium-sized battleground sate. It would attract a lot more attention their way. I don’t expect such a measure to pass in any of the three, but I imagine the Republicans will give it the old college try anyway.