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2016 Postmortem
In reply to the discussion: So...Nate Silver was right about Hillary winning Iowa. [View all]WhaTHellsgoingonhere
(5,252 posts)43. DNC still won't count a precinct Bernie won because they
...stopped answering the phone before the count was in late last night. Not taking the call today. Sounds like Bernie is going Gore and Kerry route, don't recount. That hasn't ever worked out for us.
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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