"We don't listen to the campaigns, we just do the math"~John Lapinski-NBC Elections Chief

[Surya Gayatri]

He was interviewed by Maddow tonight. He reminded me a lot of Nate Silver--just a nerdy numbers cruncher and statistics wonk.

He said that the spin coming from the respective camps is of no interest, and that the elections unit pays no attention.

JUST GIVE ME THE FACTS, MA'M.

But, this will never satisfy the conspiracy nuts and Hillary-Haters (TM), of course.

[DemonGoddess]

1. didya notice he seemed a tad perplexed

at people thinking they shouldn't have done this?

[Surya Gayatri]

4. It may well be a matter of professional pride. Like, how dare the public

impugn our maths skills? LOL!

[Cha]

2. Mahalo for this, Surya!

[Surya Gayatri]

6. You be welcome, my dear! Are you happy dancing over there in Hawaii?

[Cha]

11. A Big Ol Smile on my Face.. saving my dancing for

Manana!

[Surya Gayatri]

13. Me, too. Especially given the fact that the AP news broke here at 3 a.m.! LOL!

Demain soir!

[upaloopa]

3. The manufactured outrage tonight is unbelievable.

We are the adults in the room

[Surya Gayatri]

5. Always have been. And, that's a fact!

[ProudProgressiveNow]

7. K&R nt

[TwilightZone]

8. They'll just claim that Hillary is running the show and that NBC is doing her bidding.

Why it would make any difference, they can't explain. Declaring the race over one day earlier than expected is like the end of the world.

[Surya Gayatri]

12. Yada, yada, yada...Hillary was OBVIOUSLY taken unawares.

The campaign had everything set up for a big blow out in Brooklyn tomorrow night, not this off-the-cuff announcement on a stump stage in CA.

[TwilightZone]

14. Exactly. Seems obvious, doesn't it? Not to them.

All they see is some kind of idiotic conspiracy, when the race was already over. It was common knowledge that she had events set up for tomorrow night already - she certainly didn't want it to happen today.

[BlueCaliDem]

17. Those people live in a very scary world, with wicked shadows lurking in all the corners.

I try to avoid those types in real life and have zero inclination to indulge them online.

[msongs]

9. be glad to watch this if a link ever pops up dont do cable or get msnbc

[Surya Gayatri]

10. Too soon. But, will post later.

[Princess Turandot]

15. Here you go:

http://www.msnbc.com/rachel-maddow/watch/how-the-call-for-clinton-was-calculated-700235331557

Bill provided it in another thread. It's worth watching.

[Surya Gayatri]

16. Thanks a lot, PT. It's important for people to see and understand this.

[mcar]

18. As they should

[SharonClark]

19. He did an excellent job explaining his methodology

Rachel pretty much agreed but then she is good with numbers and logic.