Saturday, August 09, 2008

Old job, new job

I think I have mentioned here about the Web site fivethirtyeight.com. It was started by Nate Silver, one of the people behind the book/Web site Baseball Prospectus. Silver is trying to use the same methods he uses in baseball in the political arena. I usually stop there every day.

Silver recently was interviewed by Keith Olbermann on MSNBC. Here's that conversation:



Imagine - a sports fan who knows something about politics. Actually, I've long been a believer that many baseball fans like elections, because they are both about a long season leading to a definite outcome. But, I could be wrong.

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