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The Real Republican Road to Recovery
by Nate Silver

The Republican Road to Recovery" budget alternative, rolled out today by John Boehner, has been criticized by left and right for its lack of specificity and its promise to eliminate the national debt while significantly cutting taxes. FiveThirtyEight.com, however, has received an advance copy of

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[theelfherself]

v. good, but lacks the simple elegance of gnomes

[bluetooth16]

I don't get all of the Silver fangirling. To me he's just a Liberal who can twist numbers to support his theories.

[gretchystretchy]

Like his crazy theory about the how electoral votes would shake out? Yeah, what a whackjob.

...Oh wait.

[bord_du_rasoir]

Yes, twist them into predicting the outcome of the '08 election with greater accuracy than any polling agency. He twists numbers like that.

[courtknee]

he twists numbers which then twist reality!

[shuraiya]

Oh, Nate Silver. <3

[whosmurry]

Funny, but I wouldn't be surprised if it's accurate.

Meanwhile, Thaddeus McCotter? Seriously?

[bord_du_rasoir]

The Republican Road to Recovery" budget alternative pdf graphics are distorting information. The label everything from 2007 or 2008 onward "Democratic" budgets. Frankly, I'm surprised they don't label it "Democrat" budgets.

And it's frustrating, because they have a point: future deficits are out of control:

[fenris_lorsrai]

Really, they just should have labeled it DemoNcratic. It's clearly what they were thinking.

[thormonger]

*blinks* We're doomed.