You never predict anything.
http://www.uselectionatlas.org/cgi-sys/cgiwrap/leip/ikonboard//topic.cgi?forum=12&topic=2&start=90I underestimated the GOP's performance in the House by only 1 seat.
And I was only a couple hundred votes in SD from going 34 for 34 in the Senate on election night.
I know of not one pundit nor pollster who matched my performance on Nov 5, 2002.
The LA Senate runoff in Dec 2002 (knew better but stuck with my orginal call) and the LA Governor runoff in 2003 are the only two blemishes on my record since then.