This one is a bit of fun– the most outlandishly wrong predictions over the last year! Here are some of my favorites:
“If [Hillary Clinton] gets a race against John Edwards and Barack Obama, she’s going to be the nominee. Gore is the only threat to her, then. … Barack Obama is not going to beat Hillary Clinton in a single Democratic primary. I’ll predict that right now.” —William Kristol, Fox News Sunday, Dec. 17, 2006
“[A]nyone who says we’re in a recession, or heading into one—especially the worst one since the Great Depression—is making up his own private definition of ‘recession.’” —Donald Luskin, The Washington Post, Sept. 14, 2008
“New York Mayor Michael Bloomberg will enter the Presidential race in February, after it becomes clear which nominees will get the nod from the major parties. His multiple billions and organization will impress voters—and stun rivals. He’ll look like the most viable third-party candidate since Teddy Roosevelt. But Bloomberg will come up short, as he comes in for withering attacks from both Democrats and Republicans. He and Clinton will split more than 50% of the votes, but Arizona’s maverick senator, John McCain, will end up the country’s next President.” –BusinessWeek, Jan. 2, 2008
I thought it would also be fun to play this game ourselves. Well, a certain contributor to this blog wrote the following almost a year ago:
“Anyway, for what it’s worth, I think it will be Obama vs. McCain, and Obama will win narrowly. You read it here first!”
The error, of course, was in the margin of victory! And if you will indulge me a little, I can’t really let this pass:
“It’s a tough day for y’all, and things are about to go from bad to worse. Obama is toast.”– Feddie, August 29, 2008, upon McCain’s choice of Palin.
(I’m sure Feddie will take this in the lighthearted way it was meant).
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