Michelle Nunn, daughter of former Georgia Senator Sam Nunn, declares herself a candidate for Senate.
From TPM Reader PJ …
One really interesting part of this Nate Silver move to ESPN is that it showcases how sports journalism culture has had to become a lot more friendly to analytic work than traditional reporting. That is, the fight to supplement/edit conventional wisdom with statistics has already been fought with a lot more editors and higher ups in the sports journalism industry. So while Silver’s electoral work may be what people most value right now, the ESPN culture (which has done a pretty good job of bringing in statistically minded folks on its website, even though Rob Neyer and John Hollinger are now both gone) is probably more suitable for his particular brand of challenging conventional wisdom.
Eliot Spitzer’s campaign has just released its ‘apology’ ad – I assume I don’t have to explain what that means. Given the material he’s got to work with, it strikes me as a pretty good ad on a few different levels. His campaign says it’ll go into broadcast rotation “over the coming days.” Read More
“Irene McCormack came forward publicly Monday, saying that Filner had asked her to work without wearing underwear, demanded kisses and repeatedly dragged her around in a headlock while whispering sexual advances.”
Maybe I’m just old school but doesn’t the dragging around in a headlock while whispering sex talk maybe get you from harassment to assault?
Bizarro fairyland country decides helpless newborn infant will be future head of state.
A massive armed attack – with mortars, suicide bombs and car bombs – has successfully freed hundreds of inmates, reportedly many al Qaida militants, from Abu Ghraib prison.
CNNer lauds Kate Middleton as “brilliant” for birthing a boy on the first try. Watch.
I shared some thoughts yesterday about Nate Silver’s departure from the Times, with particular attention to how the Ezra Klein, Andrew Ross Sorkin, Nate Silver model, for lack of a better word, is now becoming so key for newspapers trying to make a successful digital transition. As I wrote, this is in many ways how major media has domesticated blogging (and I do not necessarily mean that in a negative way). Read More
As the Mayans predicted, when Ken Cuccinelli’s crusade against sodomy collided with the ladies from The View the world would end. After the fold … Read More