Baseball's loss is politics' gain

Longtime managing partner for Baseball Prospectus and statistical wunderkind Nate Silver is stepping down from his post at BP to focus full time on his creation, 538.com. Lord only knows what he'll be able to discover now that he's dropped the baseball duties. If I was a talking head electoral expert for a news network, I'd just quit right now. He's going to be way more accurate than you, there's no point in fighting it.