The McCain campaign will try to distance itself further from the incumbent (possibly using the smear tactics employed against him by the BushCo back when he was running against him).

The offshore drilling topic will dominate, as it’s easy to spin and people are pretty much dumb and think they can understand this.

In a surprise turnaround, the “Fucked Off” group will claim they were wrong about Obama not being the antichrist.

The timeline to withdraw (tail between legs) from Iraq will be announced to great publicity.

Some new military/terrorism event will happen. Much will be made of the traitor McCain’s war experience (probably not that the idiot managed to get his plane shot down by a single bullet, and within days of capture was hosting “The John McCain Treason and Radio Show!")

Any attempt to make serious progress in energy, or global warming, or campaign finance reform, or “that other war we’re still losing” will be met with derision and “Drill Here, Drill Now” bullshit.

Obama will be forced to apologize for his middle name, and for being the antichrist.

John McCain will be made a saint in an emergency Vatican session. This will backfire when it turns out he wasn’t a fenian to start with.

Electoral turnout will be disappointingly low (except where the machines are allowed to take the initiative)—however, using the New Dimmer Voting Scheme the candidate with fewest votes wins.