WE ARE CLEARLY IN THE MIDST OF ONE OF THE MOST UNUSUAL,  TUMULTUOUS, INDEED UNPRECEDENTED, PRESIDENTIAL ELECTIONS IN OUR HISTORY. NOTHING HAS BEEN PREDICTABLE ABOUT IT TO DATE, AND THE SURPRISES CONTINUE. WITH NO NATURAL HEIR TO THE WHITE HOUSE IN EITHER PARTY, THE STAGE IS SET FOR A HISTORY MAKING EVENT IN JANUARY, REGARDLESS OF WHICH TICKET IS VICTORIOUS.