On the night last week when Lou Dobbs announced he was leaving CNN, before his final show had even ended, WebNewser was one of the first to groundlessly speculate about a presidential bid for the controversial news host.

Look who’s groundlessly speculating now: Lou Dobbs himself. Reuters‘ Tim Gaynor reports:

A week after abruptly quitting his longtime job as a CNN television news host and commentator, Lou Dobbs said on Thursday he is considering career options including possible runs for the White House or U.S. Senate.

“Right now I feel exhilaration at the wide range of choices before me as to what I do next,” Dobbs told Reuters in a telephone interview.

Since his departure, some have speculated he might run as a candidate for the U.S. Senate in New Jersey, where he has a home, or even run as a third-party candidate in the 2012 U.S. presidential elections — options he says remain on the table.

Flashback to November 11, when WebNewser wrote:

Dobbs’s comments tonight almost sound as if he’s considering running for public office: “Some leaders in media, politics, and business have been urging me to go beyond the role at CNN and to engage in constructive problem solving as well as to contribute positively to the great understanding of the issues of our day.”

A presidential bid? The GOP field is wide open, his ego appears up to the task, plus his anti-immigration views mesh with the party’s base. It’ll be interesting to see how it all plays out.

It’s eerie. Admittedly, we made two or three other predictions in that post about what Dobbs will do, but only because of our exhilaration at the wide range of choices before him.