Archive for the 'Congressional Politics' Category
Nate Silver: Franken Will Win By 27 Votes
Sunday, November 23rd, 2008As mentioned earler baseball-stat nerd Nate Silver, who has become the nation’s most accurate election prognosticator. Two weeks ago he blogged an intriguing numerical breakdown of Al Franken’s odds of beating Norm Coleman in Minnesota’s ongoing U.S. Senate recount.
That column waffled a bit, but built a compelling case that Frank had nearly even odds of [...]
Nate Silver: Franken’s Recount Odds at 44%
Monday, November 10th, 2008Nate Silver, the baseball-stat nerd who has become the nation’s most accurate election prognosticator, has an intriguing numerical breakdown of Al Franken’s odds of overcoming his tiny deficit in the disputed U.S. Senate race against Norm Coleman.
You need to read pretty deep into the column to get what Silver is driving at, and you’re going [...]
Brain activity
Thursday, November 6th, 2008Sez the Great LaFontaine…
“There’s some great stuff coming out from conservative thinkers basically saying that this last year, the Republican Party declared itself hostile to anyone with more brain activity than [Terry] Schiavo.”
Hello world!
Saturday, November 1st, 2008Test test test
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