10 things that will get even weirder in the next US presidential campaign

As the US presidential campaign of 2012 comes to a close, one indisputable fact is that it has been the strangest in living memory, probably since the late 19th century. As a political junkie since childhood, I’ve paid attention to many, going back to Nixon’s 1972 win for a second term. While Watergate, Lewinskygate and Chadgate given us some strange periods in presidential politics, the 2012 election has been one long, logic-bending parade of odd choices, odder personalities, and convention-defying new realities. As someone who writes carefully researched future scenarios for clients, my work is getting harder as reality catches up with near-future fiction. In short, you can’t make this stuff up.