Wetzelbill
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Thu Nov-06-08 09:49 PM
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| Nate Silver ended up as a big winner this election |
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Edited on Thu Nov-06-08 09:53 PM by Wetzelbill
His projections were awesome. He was dead on with the popular vote and he only missed Indiana in the EC, depending on how Mizzurah goes. He was a staple for me and helped greatly in not only general information but in my politcal blogs and a column or two. Next time around, his site will be required reading from day one. Simply an amazing job.
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Thu Nov-06-08 09:51 PM
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| 1. You are right. He was invaluable... |
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Thu Nov-06-08 09:54 PM
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| 2. The amount of work put into his methodology |
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is stunning. I can see why he's so good at what he does.
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Thu Nov-06-08 09:59 PM
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| 6. Brilliant mathematician. Ever watch "NUMBERS"? |
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Thu Nov-06-08 10:01 PM
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That's one of the few tv shows I watch nowadays. :)
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Thu Nov-06-08 10:12 PM
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| 11. So Nate is kind of like the genius brother on that show... |
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Fri Nov-07-08 07:58 AM
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| 14. And Chuck Todd is like the guy from Northern Exposure? |
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Thu Nov-06-08 09:55 PM
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| 3. And he really picked Tampa to make it to the world series BEFORE the season? |
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Heck of a year for Silver.
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Thu Nov-06-08 09:56 PM
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His site was one of the reasons I was not really worried about the outcome.
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Thu Nov-06-08 09:58 PM
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| 5. He also missed the Omaha EV. |
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I loved Nate's site and his election model is pure genius. But I have to crow about the fact that my seat-of-the-pants prediction for our office pool got all of his states PLUS Indiana and Omaha. :smoke:
If Missouri goes to Obama, I'll have a sweep. Yay, me. :P
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Thu Nov-06-08 10:00 PM
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| 8. Good On yah-- I still say Obama got (Diebolded) in Georgia |
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Fri Nov-07-08 07:55 AM
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| 12. I never officially made any predictions |
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I basically thought it would go this way, outside of Omaha, I should have said it out loud so I could look like a genius like you, lol.
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Thu Nov-06-08 09:59 PM
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| 7. He's now the go to guy for number crunching |
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Figures he's a baseball geek. :)
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Thu Nov-06-08 10:09 PM
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| 10. Maybe he should retire now... |
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with that record, the only way to go is down.
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Fri Nov-07-08 07:57 AM
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| 13. He's so good, he might always be dead on |
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Year in and year out his baseball work is right up there too. He might be too skilled to go down by much. :)
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