I hate to do this but ..
But .. I think CSC is headed right where say TSC is. In other words, a total freeze on 485's. We will probably see a sputtering slow down, to a total stop at CSC as far as 485's are concerned. Which will be followed by restructuring of INS which will either introduce even more redtape and cumbersome procedures, or make it simple and fair to work here, but impossible to permanently immigrate to USA except in EB1 or NIW cases.
(Don't give me the arguments about America is immigration etc., if America was respectful of immigrants they wouldn't have INS, they'd have blockbuster running the show. Terrorists live here on expired visas for 10-15 years, and you are a day late for a movie return @ blockbuster and they are all over your ass.)
In the short term scenario though I expect mid of october (max) onwards to pick up some pace, which should last for a while. This means, most of us Oct/Nov/ and many Dec. people will get approved. If we donot get this pickup by oct. mid max, we're really screwed, all of us.
Anything beyond that, I'm worried.
To summarize,
Restructuring of INS is like a Tsunami coming into the beach. Whoever manages to get out before that will be okay.
The silver lining here is, that INS CSC is doing *SOMETHING*, (FP's, EAD's etc.). They just need to switch their attention a little bit.
Also the above is my intuition. No basis whatsoever.