Okay, done! I won't give odds this time, though. My proferred bet: A Republican is the next president. On inauguration day, January 20, 2009, a Republican is sworn in as the President. The bet specifically disregards the process. Hanging chads, Diebold machines, the Senate rejecting a slate of electors, the House of Representatives offering it up to the highest bidder, soldiers marching down main street, Keith Olbermann hanging from a lamppost--none of that matters. All that counts is that the man sworn in on 1/20/09 is a registered Republican.

Note that if McCain is elected, and leaves the party before he's sworn in, you win. (Wouldn't put it past him...)

Stakes: One six-pack of bog-standard Import/Microbrew beer (something in the general Anchor Steam/Becks price realm).

Done?