If not the worst, then surely as foolish as anything said by other notable pundits who always seem to get things wrong, but somehow manage to stay employed.

Source: TBOGG @ Raw Story

Surprising as it may seem for such a “hot take” or scoop or whatever you might call it, MSNBC’s Mark Halperin, who is all over your TV as a “senior political analyst,” waited until the Friday night to make the most stunning — and dumb — prediction of the 2016 election season.

Hold onto your hat because here it is, courtesy of the ever-aware Tom Tomorrow:

Halperin on MSNBC now just predicted based on "instinct and a little bit of reporting" that HRC will choose a prominent GOP woman as VP.

— Tom Tomorrow (@tomtomorrow) May 13, 2016

As the kids say: “Whoa, if true.”

As intelligent people who follow politics — and even with people who only have a passing knowledge of who their two senators might be — might say: “Shut the hell up, Mark.”