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Related: About this forumI'll say one thing...
...if Obama loses tomorrow, I'm going to HATE Nate Silver forever!
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I'll say one thing... (Original Post)
BlueDemKev
Nov 2012
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I just don't think Nate would put his entire career on the line and be wrong. He would be chased
Liberal_Stalwart71
Nov 2012
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barnabas63
(1,214 posts)1. Can you imagine for him..
...if he turned out to be wrong? lol He'd probably have to find another job!
BlueDemKev
(3,003 posts)4. If he was in any condition to work after we got thru with him...
...just kidding, of course!
GitRDun
(1,846 posts)2. My money is on the geeky nerd
over the corporate prognosticators!
Faith9326
(304 posts)3. Everyone will
Jamaal510
(10,893 posts)5. Well, remember that
Nate gave Romney around a 20% chance of winning. That doesn't necessarily mean for sure that he'll lose.
Liberal_Stalwart71
(20,450 posts)6. I just don't think Nate would put his entire career on the line and be wrong. He would be chased
out of the profession and he would never be able to get a decent job in it. His credibility is on the line. I simply do not believe that he would be willing to do that if he weren't 100% of his statistics.