“Just like it was Rooty and McStain 6 months ago? Give it up guys. If newspaper columnists could accurately assess political campaigns, people would notice and pay them a whole lot more for campaign consulting.”
Like him or not, Pat Buchanan is a lot more than a news columnist, and he has, himself, run in presidential primaries.
I would suspect that his background would at least make him your equal in calling races.
OK my bad — didn’t realize it was Pat. He’s sounding so MSM.