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yes. the pundits wiffle-waffle endlessly. but the numbers speak.

i'm a definite quant-preferrer.

i watch pollster, 538 and sam wang. i have no time for cnn and the spinners, the mournful joe gang and the rest of the malarkey.

you sit there and think, what the heck are they talking about? the numbers are pretty easy to read and they make you guys and your cornpone opinions redundant.

hopefully they start to interview the folks who know what they are talking about one day.




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Why You Should Trust NY Times Stat Geek Nate Silver Over Most Cable News Pundits
By: clo
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Sat, 03 Nov 12 12:48 AM
Msg. 11258 of 54959

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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