This Math Whiz Called It for Obama Months Ago - NYTimes.com

This Math Whiz Called It for Obama Months Ago - NYTimes.com: "In an election season of unlikely outcomes, [Nate] Silver, 30, is perhaps the most unlikely media star to emerge. A baseball statistician who began analyzing political polls only last year, he introduced his site, FiveThirtyEight.com, in March, where he used his own formula to predict federal and state results and run Election Day possibilities based on a host of factors."