Next Friday (and the Friday after that), we're going to have a special "in memoriam" edition of our year-end "McLaughlin Awards." For the uninitiated, this means handing out basketfuls of prizes, in a myriad of categories.

So, today, rather than write a column we can all cheerfully bicker over, instead I am throwing the doors open to nominations from all and sundry.

Here are the award categories, to jog your memory. You can also check out last year's awards (Part 1 and Part 2) to see who won in 2015.

I'm open to suggestion on just about all of these, although the list for "Sorry To See You Go" will absolutely be topped by John McLaughlin himself, the creator of this list, these awards, and a free-for-all political chatfest, The McLaughlin Group. But other than that, the field is wide open. So who would you pick for any of the following?

Here are the categories for Part 1:

Biggest Winner of 2016

Biggest Loser of 2016

Best Politician

Worst Politician

Most Defining Political Moment

Turncoat Of The Year

Most Boring

Most Charismatic

Bummest Rap

Fairest Rap

Best Comeback

Most Original Thinker

Most Stagnant Thinker

Best Photo Op

Worst Photo Op

Enough Already!

Worst Lie

Capitalist Of The Year

Honorable Mention

Person Of The Year

And here is the list of categories for Part 2:

Destined For Political Stardom

Destined For Political Oblivion

Best Political Theater

Worst Political Theater

Worst Political Scandal

Most Underreported Story

Most Overreported Story

Biggest Government Waste

Best Government Dollar Spent

Boldest Political Tactic

Best Idea

Worst Idea

Sorry To See You Go

15 Minutes Of Fame

Best Spin

Most Honest Person

Most Overrated

Most Underrated

The final category is not an award, but rather a chance to make predictions about the year to come. What do you think will happen in 2017? Here's your chance to predict it in advance!

So take a moment or two to review the whole year (not just the past few months), and see who you can come up with for any or all of these categories. And then join us next Friday to see who gets the nod....

-- Chris Weigant

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