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Why You Should Trust NY Times Stat Geek Nate Silver Over Most Cable News Pundits

by Andrew Kirell

New York Times statistics-based blogger Nate Silver has taken considerable heat (mostly from conservatives) for his prediction that there is a 75-percent probability President Barack Obama is re-elected next week, bucking the popular narrative that this election is largely a horse-race. Despite all the criticism foisted upon the stat geek -- most recently for putting a $1,000 wager behind his electoral prediction -- I would much rather trust him than any of the usual cable news soothsayers.

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