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New York Times Pay Gating Nate Silver’s 538 Forecast
It looks like The Times is trying to make some bank on the popularity of Nate Silver’s 538 election forecasts by adding a pay gate over the portion of the forecast that shows the chances each candidate has of winning. This is the first time I’ve seen The Times add a pay gate to a feature on a page, rather than the whole page. It’s also the first time I’ve seen them create a pay gate that can’t be circumvented by deleting the Identification key at the end of the URL.
I have to tip my hat to the Grey Lady because this is a pretty damn clever way to get people to pony up for a digital subscription. At the same time, I’m really annoyed because I need to know Obama’s chances of winning right now.
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DINO discovered in idaho
Via CNN politics-as-sport web feed:
The Democratic incumbent has GOP roots as solid as his state’s. He’s a former president of his school’s College Republicans chapter who went straight from an army stint to a job with the Nixon administration, before splitting with the GOP in the 1990s over the party’s rightward drift. His politics in Congress have been a brand of libertarianism that plays well in this Western state: he’s in favor of abortion rights and gun rights, against tax increases and government spending. He’s cultivated a reputation for political independence, voting with his party less often than nearly any member of Congress.
Minnick, in fact, has famously emerged as the Tea Party’s favorite Democrat, nabbing support from local groups and an endorsement from the Tea Party Express. It’s a relationship that’s featured some awkward moments, including his rejection of that Tea Party Express nod after controversial remarks by activist Mark Williams, the group’s former spokesman.
Hey, a win’s a win, right?
