[Occupymendocino] Nate Silver's new Senate forecast could terrify Democrats into action

[Mark Safron]

(It should be noted that Nate Silver is the best prognosticator of elections this country has ever known. M.S.) 

Nate Silver's new Senate forecast could terrify Democrats into action

Nate Silver, the political prognosticator pilloried by Republicans for correctly predicting President Obama's convincing victory in 2012, has perhaps just given the GOP another reason to curse him.

He has predicted that Republicans are better than even odds to take back the Senate this November.

At first blush, that might seem like something for Republicans to celebrate. Control of the Senate is the Grand Prize up for grabs in this fall's midterm elections. Few doubt that Republicans will hold on to the House, and most also acknowledge that Republicans are likely to cut into the Democrats' 55-to-45 majority in the Senate. (There are actually only 53 Senate Democrats, but both Senate Independents side with the Democrats.)

Full story here:
http://news.yahoo.com/nate-silvers-senate-forecast-could-terrify-democrats-action-191540546.html
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