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2016 Postmortem
In reply to the discussion: So...Nate Silver was right about Hillary winning Iowa. [View all]John Poet
(2,510 posts)34. Required equipment for precinct caucus chairs, I guess.
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I bet Nate was acting like that guy with the rabbit's foot in the movie, "Used Cars!" nt
TheBlackAdder
Feb 2016
#58
She won't be able to do that again. I wonder how O'Malley feels about being used?
notadmblnd
Feb 2016
#29
I think he knew that could happen. I like him but I don't believe he a big eyed
roguevalley
Feb 2016
#51
It was enough to make him sweat. And to a supporter of the establishment, thats a good thing
AZ Progressive
Feb 2016
#5
By all means, please continue posting these obnoxious posts!! It's so good for Hillary's campaign.
reformist2
Feb 2016
#7
Well, given the way Hillary supporters are treated here, it seems that's done anyway.
Adrahil
Feb 2016
#40
How about asking some of the precious leaders not to do unfair tricks on Bernie Sanders - like
Cal33
Feb 2016
#35
Yes, going from a 30 point lead to a 2/10ths of a percentage point finish is quite a "win"
Ned_Devine
Feb 2016
#27
That's some crazy math formula that guessed she would win six out of six coin tosses.
Baitball Blogger
Feb 2016
#10
The guy has skills. Just don't use his NCAA bracket for any kind of refererence.
frylock
Feb 2016
#50
His prediction amounted to a coin toss. Bernie wins vs Hillary wins. Hillary won by the skin of
Ed Suspicious
Feb 2016
#62
It just goes to show that odds are tricky thing in absence of reproducibility.
redgreenandblue
Feb 2016
#46
Never read that about Rumsfeld. I think I understand probability pretty well.
redgreenandblue
Feb 2016
#79
He can never be *proven* wrong. In fact, "wrong" is arguably not applicable.
Donald Ian Rankin
Feb 2016
#36
Not to mention sending voters to O'Malley to deprive delegates from Bernie
AZ Progressive
Feb 2016
#28
Do you think bernie moved that much "right before the caucus?" I think his support has been gaining
Ed Suspicious
Feb 2016
#64
They were getting desperate last night. They tweeted, "If it's a tie, Hillary still wins..."
WhaTHellsgoingonhere
Feb 2016
#42
Yeap, notice the number of so called progressives who are against probability math now...
uponit7771
Feb 2016
#49
Remember in 2012 when we were so proud of ourselves for listening to people like Nate?
Cali_Democrat
Feb 2016
#55
Yeap, its emotion and not thinking. SC will show a lot... Sanders numbers in SC still suck...
uponit7771
Feb 2016
#60
Tactics like single payer? Keeping banks together? Keeping taxes at post-Reagan levels?
Gore1FL
Feb 2016
#90
PoC went to Hillary by 25% above Sanders after 3 months of campaiging in IA... he has 3 weeks to
uponit7771
Feb 2016
#89
My internet and cable went down. How did Nate's prediction about Trump winning in Iowa turn out?
Attorney in Texas
Feb 2016
#86