Some predictions on the content of the upcoming State of the Union address:

1. He will continue to focus on himself, totally unaware (along with his speech writers) that he’s supposed to be reporting on the State of the Union (SOTU), not the State of Obama (SOO). The first person pronoun will be prevalent, and many listeners will be counting. And when he uses “we,” he will be referring to his administration (or his party), not his fellow citizens.

2. He will continue to blame the past administration for his current and accumulating failures. However, he’ll have to stop referring to the “past eight years” since the most recent of those years is his own. Instead, he’ll us phrases like “when I took my oath…” or “a year ago…” or “I inherited…” such and such. In fact, his entire focus will be on the state of the union he inherited, not to where he has taken it so far.

3. He will use the phrase “whole host of…” at least three times, but probably more.

4. Recognizing the fact that he (and the Democrat Congress) has increased discretionary spending more than the entire past administration (even before counting the health care CBO estimates), he will stress fiscal responsibility. With a straight, solemn face.

5. He will not use the words “terrorist,” or “war on terror,” or “Islamic extremism” even once.

6. He will stress the final “s” on every word (e.g., “challengeSSS”), partly from his Chicago dialect, but mostly because he likes the way it soundSSS.