Thursday October 30, 2008 at 8:59
“…what kind of odds could you have gotten in 1908 that a black dude [from Chicago] would get elected president before the Cubs won the Series again?”
— Nate Silver, “Road to 270: Illinois,” at FiveThirtyEight.com. Illinois is a lock for Obama, but Arizona seems to be a little tighter for John McCain. [Note: it’s not over, so go vote!]