Well, with Nate Silver's prediction being 100% accurate this time around, perhaps there is something to that whole "rigorous statistical analysis" thing over the traditional "biased gut feeling."
What was commenter Mister G saying over and over before election day? That Silver was simply telling liberals what they wanted to hear and they were only too happy to drink the kool-aid? That historical models showed that an Obama victory was impossible?
Most of these posts are already en-route to The Memory Hole, and by this time next week you won't find a single GOP pundit who will admit to having uttered them.
Never mind that you can back-link to them ad infinitum; these are people who simply ignore any piece of factual evidence that doesn't already reflect their preconceived world-view, so why would they treat their own words any differently?
The part that really makes me laugh is the fact that this is the closest the Republicans are going to come, with this platform, for all eternity. It only gets worse from here, GOP.
Yes, that's exactly how I would describe the national perception of the Tea Party: a group composed of "frustrated" Americans attempting to to ventilate their "grievances". Uh huh.
My favorite bit of post-election Facebook tantrum thus far:
So, we have proven conclusively that if an incumbent president spends four years campaigning at taxpayer expense, he doesn't even need to have a successful record at all to beat a challenger that has a proven track record of outstanding leadership.
In the linked post, Erickson's arguing that Romney lost because he wasn't a real conservative. It will be entertaining if the Tea Party crowd spends the next few years trying to purge the party, resulting in fewer but crazier conservatives.
"Romney could not even win his home state, his second home state, or his vacation home state."
What was commenter Mister G saying over and over before election day? That Silver was simply telling liberals what they wanted to hear and they were only too happy to drink the kool-aid? That historical models showed that an Obama victory was impossible?
"The elections for president and governor will be close."
http://crosscut.com/2012/11/04/elections…
Most of these posts are already en-route to The Memory Hole, and by this time next week you won't find a single GOP pundit who will admit to having uttered them.
Never mind that you can back-link to them ad infinitum; these are people who simply ignore any piece of factual evidence that doesn't already reflect their preconceived world-view, so why would they treat their own words any differently?
Dems won hands down!
Repubs made racist, sexist dinosaur fools of themselves.
Congrats, Obama.