The fiscal fiascos made most of the headlines this year, but it was politics that captured much of the people's imagination. Even usually predictable Singapore threw up some 'what ifs' of its own, most notably after the deaths of Jurong GRC MP Ong Chit Chung and opposition veteran J.B. Jeyaretnam. Political watcher Eugene Tan [Assistant Professor of Law at SMU] shares how these would have a bearing on the coming year.