Charles Krauthammer predicted that disgraced ex-congressman and current New York mayoral candidate Anthony Weiner “probably will” stay in the race for the Democratic nomination, “but I would predict he stays in and loses” — a judgment echoed by the other members of the panel on tonight’s Special Report, Mara Liasson of National Public Radio and Stephen F. Hayes of the Weekly Standard.

Krauthammer continued, “But to be as analytic as you can here: Number one rule, if you’re going to re-enter the arena, make sure you get everything out, all the information out.” He contrasted Weiner unfavorably with former New York governor Eliot Spitzer and former South Carolina governor Mark Sanford, married men who, like Weiner, re-entered public life after being tarred by sex scandals:

Comparing him with Spitzer and Sanford, the other comeback kids, one of the rules is, ‘Wait a long time.’ Spitzer and Sanford waited almost half a decade; this is two years, which is short.

The syndicated columnist concluded that today’s revelation of additional lewd Internet messages sent by Weiner after his 2011 resignation from the House of Representatives “bodes very evil for his campaign. I do think he’ll stay in; I do think he’ll lose.”