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We usually save this kind of thing for November 5, but why not? Salon’s Mike Madden and Walter Shapiro look back on the wildly inaccurate prognostications of pundits this election season. Among the greatest hits: that Sarah Palin would boost McCain’s candidacy rather than sink it; that Steve Schmidt’s win-the-news-cycle approach was a sign of his strategic genius; that gas prices would be voters’ biggest worry; and that Hillary voters wouldn’t come home to the Democratic ticket. All sound fairly ridiculous now, but stay tuned on Election Day just in case.