FiveThirtyEight: Nate Silver sets us worrywarts straight

[box_in_the_box]

Nate Silver of FiveThirtyEight has been getting a bit testy lately, which I suspect is reflective of the types of e-mails he's been receiving recently.

Yesterday, he took the time to ease Obama supporters' fears surrounding Pennsylvania:

Comments

[x_noisekisses]

I love you Nate. Please hold me.

[one_hoopy_frood]

[cookie_nut]

Yeah.

I don't want to freak out until AFTER the fact.

[one_hoopy_frood]

I need to be at least mentally stable enough to vote without bursting into tears on Tuesday. If I do, it'll be an accomplishment.

[quinatorte]

Wildly overreacting is just what this community does. But it's fucking annoying that they do it.

[morningshapes]

Just saw a Rev. Wright ad from the RNC. Didn't McCain say to pull it?

[theartema]

They're also playing them here in Texas. Pisses me the fuck off.

[tejas]

I've yet to see an RNC ad here in Texas that didn't piss me off for either being outright lies or just plain mean-spirited.

[serenityone]

It was on THREE TIMES tonight here... but I guess that's what I get for watching Fox.

[xdawnfirex]

Thank you for posting this. I try to read it on the site but honestly, I'm very ADHD and the amount of overstimulation on that site is insane; I can never concentrate long enough to read and process entire posts.

[bord_du_rasoir]

[obnoxicant]

I would have a beer with Nate Silver. Many beers.

[axmxz]

Yes.