Midterm Predictions Gone Wrong

Midterm Predictions Gone Wrong

Thanks Ricky for ruining the moment. We wanted you to cry, not adorable little kids. Perhaps an adult with poll reading skills could have prepared these kids a little better? Here are a few of the better election night predictions:

John McCain Suicide Watch? When asked about the then-remote possibility of a Democratic takeover of the Senate, Senator McCain threatened to cut his wrists and run. Please, someone give him a call and check on him.

I think I'd just commit suicide. I don't want to face that eventuality because I don't think it's going to happen.

Karl Rove:

I’m looking at all of these [races] and adding them up. I add up to a Republican Senate and Republican House. You may end up with a different math but you are entitled to your math and I’m entitled to the math.

Blogs for Bush. This is the flat-out funniest prediction:

As for me, this is a great day to be a Republican - I've been talking big about how well we're going to do and my faith, shaken from time to time, never failed. Now it is to be put to the acid test - we shall know within 24 hours of this writing if I've been whistling past the graveyard, or have been realistic in my predictions. I'm standing by my words: the GOP gains seats in both Houses. Now, get out there and do your duty, Republicans: vote, and drag a few friends to the polls with you. As for you Democrats - well, its ok for you to stay home, because your lefty blogs told you that you won a month ago.

National Review. Just kidding on that last prediction being the funniest. This one - from a paid professional - is much funnier. Ladies and gentleman, National Review's Michael Novak:

The Left is going to lose - big - because they have nothing noble, nothing beautiful, nothing real, nothing true, with which to lead. They are the merchants of illusion. And a significant majority of Americans, although not all, see through them. In a democratic election, however, it only takes a small majority to win. And the upcoming election of 2006 is not likely to be all that close. The Democrats piqued too soon. Just watch.

Barron's Online. I'll be sure to listen to their stock tips!

Our analysis — based on a race-by-race examination of campaign-finance data — suggests that the GOP will hang on to both chambers, at least nominally. We expect the Republican majority in the House to fall by eight seats, to 224 of the chamber’s 435. At the very worst, our analysis suggests, the party’s loss could be as large as 14 seats, leaving a one-seat majority.

And now, for the winning prediction: Howard Dean in November 2005.

In 2006, Democrats will take back the House and the Senate. The Democratic Senatorial Campaign Committee and the Democratic Congressional Campaign Committee have done an excellent job recruiting strong candidates, and we are already investing in the local infrastructure to ensure they win. But the key to winning is running a national campaign based on our different vision and the themes that Democrats around the country have put forward. Americans of all political persuasions are tired of and worried about the culture of corruption that Republicans have brought to Washington and to so many statehouses around America.