http://www.punditpredictions.com Tracking the predictions of our expert media Mon, 10 Nov 2008 16:00:34 +0000 http://backend.userland.com/rss092 en My wife, Rachel, who is pregnant with twins, predicts that they'll both be boys. http://www.punditpredictions.com/2008/11/10/rachel-well-have-two-boys/ On June 6, 2008, George Will predicted in the Washington Post that choosing Hillary Clinton as the Democratic vice-presidential candidate would unify the Republican party and benefit John McCain: Obama's choice of a running mate will be the first important decision he makes with the whole country watching, so it will ... http://www.punditpredictions.com/2008/11/06/will-if-obama-chooses-clinton-as-his-running-mate-it-will-galvanize-the-republicans/ On July 17, 2007, Bill Kristol predicted a Republican victory in 2008: A little mutual assured destruction between the Bush administration and Congress could leave the Republican nominee, who will most likely have no affiliation with either, in decent shape. And what happens when voters realize in November 2008 that, if they ... http://www.punditpredictions.com/2008/11/05/kristol-republicans-will-win-presidency-in-2008/ On September 11, 2008, President Bill Clinton predicted an easy win for Barack Obama: With national polls showing John McCain catching a wave after his pick of Sarah Palin as a running mate, Clinton was asked about the state of the race. He replied: "I predict that Sen. Obama will win ... http://www.punditpredictions.com/2008/11/05/clinton-obama-will-win-handily/ On June 9, 2008, Kevin Drum predicted that John McCain would run an extremely negative campaign against Barack Obama in Ohio: So how does John McCain win Ohio? In the previous post I basically said it was impossible, but as near as I can tell McCain has already settled on a ... http://www.punditpredictions.com/2008/11/05/drum-mccain-will-run-a-very-negative-campaign-in-ohio/ On June 11, 2008, Kevin Drum predicted, somewhat optimistically, that Barack Obama would win a slew of states that George Bush won in 2004: And as long as I'm making grand pronouncements that quite possibly might make me look like an idiot in the near future, here's another one: among the ... http://www.punditpredictions.com/2008/11/05/drum-obama-will-win-oh-ia-va-co-nm-and-ar/ On June 15, 2008, Frank Rich wrote in the New York Times: It was just this toxic stew of inadequate fund-raising and hostility from the base — along with incompetent management — that capsized the McCain campaign last summer. Now the management, at least, is said to be new and improved, ... http://www.punditpredictions.com/2008/11/05/rich-disaffected-clinton-supporters-will-not-vote-en-masse-for-john-mccain/ On June 9, 2008, Kevin Drum predicted a steady lead for Barack Obama over John McCain: Gallup's latest Obama-McCain tracking poll shows exactly what you'd expect: now that Obama is firmly the Democratic candidate, he's making up considerable ground. There will be more ups and downs, especially around the conventions, but ... http://www.punditpredictions.com/2008/11/05/drum-obama-will-never-have-less-than-a-five-point-lead-over-mccain/ On June 8, 2008, Noam Chomsky predicted on Media Matters that John McCain will win the presidential election. http://www.punditpredictions.com/2008/11/05/chomsky-mccain-will-win-the-presidential-election/ On May 19, 2008, Bill Kristol predicted in the New York Times that "a strong-on-national-security and supporter-of-middle-American-values Republican presidential candidate" will win the general election, even if the Democrats control Congress: From 1968 through 1988, we had six presidential elections. During that time, Democrats won the Congressional vote by an average ... http://www.punditpredictions.com/2008/11/05/democrats-will-win-the-congressional-vote-but-mccain-will-win-the-presidency/