Nate Silver (And Math) Against the Pundit Class

If you'd asked this a month ago, I'd have laughed in your face:

"Justin, will a battle between pundits and statisticians become the main controversy of late October?"

The laughing's finished.

I hope Scarborough wins the bet, but the dumbgeist we've seen from the pundit class should make everyone who cares about the sanctity of numbers want to be firmly on Team Five-Three-Eight.