State Pride

[Gilly]

I've been reading fivethirtyeight.com throughout the election. Too bad blogspot crapped out on him on election day.

[masterofsparks]

Nate Silver called the final election results almost to the decimal point. Pretty amazing. I'm way too much of a statisticaldummy to understand his methods, but I will definitely turn to his polls in future elections.

[Gilly]

I expected nothing less from one of the guys behind Baseball Prospectus which I rely on very heavily every year for fantasy baseball.

[Come on, Jason]

He's already ranking the 2010 Senate races "from 1 to 35 in order of their likelihood of changing hands to the opposition party."

I bet even President Obama took a couple days off. 

[Sarah]

Yeah, but he's got a life; I'm not so sure about Nate Silver.

[<<<<<]

The guy is seemingly some sort of prodigious savant.  He'll redefine the methodology for political polling before he's done.

[Trembling Eagle]

The guy is seemingly some sort of prodigious savant.  He'll redefine the methodology for political polling before he's done.

I just wish he was more polite to Rachel when he's on the show, prodigious savants, you know how those people are.

[Sarah]

He's definitely a little deficient when it comes to social skills.  I like best the way he just says "yeah" when someone welcomes him to a show.  He reminds me of all the nerdy boys I've been kind to over the years.

[masterofsparks]

He's definitely a little deficient when it comes to social skills.  I like best the way he just says "yeah" when someone welcomes him to a show.  He reminds me of all the nerdy boys I've been kind to over the years.

I've seen him on both Countdown and Rachel Maddow and while he's definitely socially deficient, I don't think it's out of intended rudeness. I think he does better than I would in a similar position. I noticed he's sporting some fancy Sarah Palin-esque glasses the last time I saw him on there.