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Predictions as valuable as the money you paid for them, two weeks out. Made after reading Sean Trende, which you should always do.

-House: Republicans win ~60 seats. I would take the over — the real wave will happen here.

-Senate: Republicans win with Johnson, Buck, Angle, Toomey, Coats, Hoeven and Boozman (+7). Hold their seats with Lee, Ayotte, Portman, Blunt, Paul, Rubio and Miller. Democrats save some face as Boxer, Blumenthal and Manchin win narrowly. Murray wins easily. Giannoulias wins … after a recount.

-Haley Barbour’s RGA has a very successful night, winning NM, OH, PA, OR, WI, ME, MI, IL, SC, GA, and of course TX, a sweep which hides the fact that they’ll lose R seats in RI, VT, HI, and (technically) CA. The Florida governor race remains too close to call (I’m not sure about this one).

-Stunners: Tancredo stuns by winning in CO, and Baker stuns by upsetting Deval Patrick in Massachusetts. O’Donnell surprises by only losing by single digits — the hopes of a thousand Washington journalists rise on Twitter like a tide, and then are suddenly silenced.

A wave for Republicans in the gubernatorial races and a solid performance for Republicans in the Senate. With better candidates and campaign operations, the GOP might’ve taken the Senate too.

I’ll update these next week.

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>> I used to do comprehensive predictions for the NFL season – ranking each time, analyzing each draft, predicting specific records – and sometimes I was right, and sometimes I was really wrong, but usually I was better than the ESPN guys who do this for a living. I still do all of this, but I do it in the deserted sports bar now, so no one has to listen to me except the hobos who wander in looking for freebies. So I’ll just give you my playoff teams and a few other facets.

My predictions for the way the season turns out (made before the Brady injury – I’d stick the Titans in there instead):

Coach of the Year: Ken Whisenhunt

MVP: Drew Brees

Offensive POY: Terrell Owens

Defensive POY: Julius Peppers

Offensive ROY: Chris Johnson

Defensive ROY: Keith Rivers

AFC East: Buffalo Bills

AFC North: Pittsburgh Steelers

AFC South: Indianapolis Colts

AFC West: Denver Broncos

Wild Cards: New England Patriots, San Diego Chargers

NFC East: Philadelphia Eagles

NFC North: Green Bay Packers

NFC South: Carolina Panthers

NFC West: Arizona Cardinals

Wild Cards: Dallas Cowboys, New Orleans Saints

Super Bowl Matchup: Steelers v. Panthers

Super Bowl Victor: Pittsburgh Steelers