A couple of them — most notably and loudly radio host Howard Stern and MSNBC host Joe Scarborough — love to toot their own horns when it comes to saying they predicted Trump's staying power and even his nomination. But just how specific were their predictions? And who else can claim credit here?

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Below is our rundown.

(Who did we miss? Email aaron (dot) blake (at) washpost (dot) com, and we'll update the post with valid additions.)

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Howard Stern

Date of prediction: Aug. 24

Key quote: "I’ll tell you why I think he’s going to be the nominee: He’s proven that no matter what he says, people dig him."

Rating: 10 out of 10. Stern does not say Trump will be the president -- he has predicted it will be Hillary Clinton -- but he has said clearly for more than six months that Trump would win the nomination. Perhaps Stern was influenced by his personal friendship with Trump, who he suggests might make Stern a Supreme Court justice. But he made a bold prediction, and Stern's political analysis is often more on-the-nose than people give him credit for, given his shock-jock status.

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Joe Scarborough

Date of prediction: Aug. 10

Key quote: "The world is upside down. The political world is upside down. And you have Donald Trump, who is sort of this Mad Hatter of American politics. He may be mad, but he's driving everybody else in this process mad, too. ... How many times are they going to predict the imminent decline of Donald Trump?"

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Rating: 7 out of 10. Scarborough did not say that Trump would be the nominee -- just that he was being vastly underestimated and that everything the media thought would take Trump down (the latest at the time being his comments about Megyn Kelly) was wishful thinking. That's pretty prescient, but it's not Howard Stern prescient (assuming Trump is the nominee, that is).

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Scott Adams, "Dilbert" cartoonist

Date of prediction: Aug. 5

Key quote: "I’m watching the Donald Trump campaign for president with the same amount of amusement as everyone else. The only difference is that I think he has a legitimate shot at becoming president. ... If Hillary does not coast into the White House as I expect (and this is a prediction, not a preference) you will see a Donald Trump presidency."

Rating: 6 out of 10. This is the earliest on this list, which deserves credit, but it also seems to be meant as something of a joke. Adams goes on to say the scales could tip in Trump's favor in the general election if he promises to shave off his famous mane. "I believe Donald Trump could become President of the United States if he promised to shave his head upon winning. Or perhaps he could do it a month before election to suck all the media attention from his competitor."

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Leon H. Wolf, RedState contributor

Date of prediction: Aug. 27

Key quote: "Everyone is proceeding under the assumption that eventually, Trump’s base of support will collapse. I think Republicans at this point have to consider the reality that this won’t happen. There’s been one debate, there’s been a well-publicized flap with Fox News, Trump has been hyper exposed to everyone. Nothing he can say or do can alienate his base of support so far."

Rating: 5 out of 10. This was ahead of the game, but it was also thrown out there as a possibility rather than a prediction. Still, credit where credit is due: Most weren't even entertaining the possibility in August.

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Tom Anderson, radio host

Date of prediction: Aug. 10

Key quote: "If radio listener opinions are any indication of genuine support, Trump will sail to victory next year. ... Voters are listening, and radio talk may be the clearest window through which to understand their wishes."

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Rating: 4 out of 10. This was couched as something he was learning from his radio listeners, which is, perhaps, not the ideal focus group. But apparently it wasn't that far off-base.

Former Republican National Convention chairman Michael Steele

Date of prediction: Jan. 16

Key quote: "That window has closed, and I think Donald Trump effectively closed it over the last couple of months.”

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Rating: 5 out of 10. Steele made a declarative prediction, which he gets credit for. But he also very much inhabits the pundit world these days, in which there's little price to pay for off-kilter predictions. He also didn't make this prediction nearly as early as others on this list.

31 percent of Republicans, according to a Rasmussen poll

Date of prediction: Dec. 10

Key quote: (From The Hill's report) "Approximately 31 percent say Trump is 'very likely' to win the GOP nod, while just 21 percent say he is 'unlikely' to be the party's nominee. Ten percent say Trump is 'not at all likely' to be the nominee."