There are many analysts who are essentially partisan pundits pitching their party and sound like talk show hosts (some nearly are) on the radio or cable shows. And then there are the serious analysts to seriously follow such as Larry Sabato — and Nate Silver who offers five reasons why Republicans could do better than expected (even with most analysts expecting huge Republican gains). REQUIRED READING.
Joe Gandelman is a former fulltime journalist who freelanced in India, Spain, Bangladesh and Cypress writing for publications such as the Christian Science Monitor and Newsweek. He also did radio reports from Madrid for NPR’s All Things Considered. He has worked on two U.S. newspapers and quit the news biz in 1990 to go into entertainment. He also has written for The Week and several online publications, did a column for Cagle Cartoons Syndicate and has appeared on CNN.