Korologos: 2011 to Reward Nice Republicans

Republican strategist Tom Korologos, former ambassador to Belgium, sees good things ahead for Republicans and ill tides for Democrats next year. Here are predictions he wrote on Politico.

• “Fully a third of the Obama cabinet will resign ‘for family reasons.’

• “There will be wholesale announcements by senior Democratic members of both the House and Senate who will say they are not seeking re-election next time, recognizing the all but certain fact they will not be in power for at least four, six and even eight years.

• “Speaker John Boehner and Senate Republican Leader Mitch McConnell will become the most powerful political figures in Washington. Their toughest job will be not to overplay their hand.

• “Confirmation hearings in the Senate will be so contentious the administration will have trouble filling vacancies, resorting to more and more absentee appointments.

• “The Washington Post, New York Times and MSNBC will systematically — and alphabetically, given the current trend — seek ways to try to destroy potential Republican presidential nominees. (See George Allen and Haley Barbour.)”