Read more Nate Silver stories on Newserhttp://www.newser.com/taggrid/35527/nate-silver.html2009 - Newseren-usNewser Feed GeneratorTue, 24 Nov 2009 9:51:00 CSThttp://www.newser.com/story/74485/most-red-state-dems-can-vote-for-health-care.html?utm_source=syn&utm_medium=rss&utm_campaign=tagThe main reason Senate Democrats have a prayer of passing health care reform is that not many of them are up for reelection next year, says Nate Silver. Only a third of the Senate is up for re-election in 2010, and most of the Democrats in that group come from...http://www.newser.com/story/74485/most-red-state-dems-can-vote-for-health-care.html?utm_source=syn&utm_medium=rss&utm_campaign=tagFri, 20 Nov 2009 9:27:21 CSThttp://www.newser.com/story/73932/should-democrats-panic-yes-but-only-a-little.html?utm_source=syn&utm_medium=rss&utm_campaign=tagA new Gallup poll shows Republicans ahead of Democrats in a generic House ballot, a reversal of political fortune from October. Is it time for the party to panic? "Maybe a little," writes Nate Silver . "My 30,000-foot view is that between the pressures of the jobs situation and the...http://www.newser.com/story/73932/should-democrats-panic-yes-but-only-a-little.html?utm_source=syn&utm_medium=rss&utm_campaign=tagFri, 13 Nov 2009 8:44:27 CSThttp://www.newser.com/story/73294/blame-weak-candidates-not-obama.html?utm_source=syn&utm_medium=rss&utm_campaign=tagThe numbers are in, now it's time to make sense of them. Nate Silver breaks down last night's election results: Don’t blame Obama; Creigh Deeds and Jon Corzine were probably just weak candidates. In New Jersey, 57% of voters approved of Obama, but 27% of those supporters voted Republican anyway....http://www.newser.com/story/73294/blame-weak-candidates-not-obama.html?utm_source=syn&utm_medium=rss&utm_campaign=tagWed, 04 Nov 2009 8:36:13 CSThttp://www.newser.com/story/73147/gop-its-time-to-rebrand-to-conservative.html?utm_source=syn&utm_medium=rss&utm_campaign=tagCandidates on both sides are doing their best to hide their party affiliation but it's the Republicans who have the most to worry about, writes Nate Silver . "The Democratic brand is marginal in about half the country, but the Republican brand is radioactive in about two-thirds of it ," Silver writes...http://www.newser.com/story/73147/gop-its-time-to-rebrand-to-conservative.html?utm_source=syn&utm_medium=rss&utm_campaign=tagTue, 03 Nov 2009 2:29:24 CSThttp://www.newser.com/story/72327/bank-reform-shatters-usual-party-lines.html?utm_source=syn&utm_medium=rss&utm_campaign=tagOnce health care reform is “settled,” Nate Silver writes, the White House will be searching for a new domestic issue. Card check is too hard, immigration will have to wait for 2012’s “younger, more diverse electorate,” and gay rights is a slog. The winner, in Silver’s opinion, is bank reform....http://www.newser.com/story/72327/bank-reform-shatters-usual-party-lines.html?utm_source=syn&utm_medium=rss&utm_campaign=tagThu, 22 Oct 2009 11:37:40 CDThttp://www.newser.com/story/72226/why-the-public-options-still-alive.html?utm_source=syn&utm_medium=rss&utm_campaign=tagReports of the public option’s demise look to have been exaggerated. Nate Silver breaks down what revived it at FiveThirtyEight.com: “The tireless, and occasionally tiresome,” advocacy from liberal bloggers and interest groups. The CBO thinks it will save money. The shift of focus from the Gang of Six (Bingaman,...http://www.newser.com/story/72226/why-the-public-options-still-alive.html?utm_source=syn&utm_medium=rss&utm_campaign=tagWed, 21 Oct 2009 12:57:35 CDThttp://www.newser.com/story/72228/you-betcha-palin-wont-run.html?utm_source=syn&utm_medium=rss&utm_campaign=tagTom Schaller is so sure that Sarah Palin won’t run in 2012, and wouldn’t be nominated if she did, that he’s made a bet on it with fellow FiveThirtyEight.com writer Nate Silver. Schaller’s argument, in a nutshell, is that short of winning the presidency or at least the nomination,...http://www.newser.com/story/72228/you-betcha-palin-wont-run.html?utm_source=syn&utm_medium=rss&utm_campaign=tagWed, 21 Oct 2009 12:38:28 CDThttp://www.newser.com/story/71784/rush-got-bum-rap-on-racist-slurs.html?utm_source=syn&utm_medium=rss&utm_campaign=tagRush Limbaugh is getting such a raw deal in the media that even Nate Silver—who got his start on the Daily Kos—has come to his defense. Lately CNN and the St. Louis Post-Dispatch have repeated racist statements that appear to be "completely made up," Silver writes. Rush denies...http://www.newser.com/story/71784/rush-got-bum-rap-on-racist-slurs.html?utm_source=syn&utm_medium=rss&utm_campaign=tagThu, 15 Oct 2009 11:19:42 CDThttp://www.newser.com/story/71691/climate-bills-best-hope-drill-baby-drill.html?utm_source=syn&utm_medium=rss&utm_campaign=tagThe new climate bill introduced with some fanfare by John Kerry and Lindsey Graham actually has a fighting chance of getting through the Senate, thanks to its offshore drilling provision. Despite Democrats’ supermajority, cap-and-trade legislation probably only had between 52 and 55 votes before this. But this bill, which also...http://www.newser.com/story/71691/climate-bills-best-hope-drill-baby-drill.html?utm_source=syn&utm_medium=rss&utm_campaign=tagWed, 14 Oct 2009 13:13:28 CDT