The next 160 days -- what the mainstream media will be reporting

I love it -- the November election is less than 160 days away. Talk about anticipation. Billy Hollis writes at Questions and Observations and provides the mainstream media talking points for the next seven months:

Summary of election reporting by legacy media for the next seven months
I�m very busy these days, so I doubt that I�ll have much time this summer to weigh in on the election. But I don�t think it matters much. We�ve seen enough of these elections, and we now have the measure of the legacy media. It�s not that hard to predict a trajectory in advance.

Insert usual disclaimers here: future is uncertain, who knows what will happen, blah, blah, blah � hey, if any of us could predict the future in detail, we�d be on the beach enjoying all the money we made in the stock market.

With those caveats, here, then, is my expected approximate trajectory of reporting, straight from my patented combination of cracked crystal ball, Ouija board, and leaky 8-ball. It includes short summaries of legacy media narratives at various points from roughly a month ago up until past the election. Along about December, we can see how close I came.

(April) Obama is almost certain to be re-elected. How could anyone think otherwise? Plus, did you know Romney has a weird religion and carries dogs on the top of his car?

(early May) Obama is very likely to be re-elected. Though he has challenges to meet as a result of the problems he inherited from Bush. Plus challenges from wingnuts who take things out of context from his books. Which we are absolutely not going to talk about, especially any stuff about eating dog meat.

(mid May) Romney is a strong candidate because he has so much money, but Obama has the hearts and minds of the people, so he�ll win. The economy is showing signs of improvement, which will help Obama.

(June) Romney�s well-funded right-wing henchmen are going all out, and according to polls this will be a close race, but Obama has the advantage because of his committed base. The economy is improving slowly, despite some negative indicators, and will probably peak just as Obama needs it to.

Five more months at the site -- so true...