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Words of Wisdom

From Chicagoan Nate Silver at 538 on what to expect on Election Night:

Jubilation if and when Obama wins the Presidency, culminating in a rally in Chicago’s Grant Park that may draw one million souls. It’s not a Cubs’ World Championship, but most Illinoisans will take it; what kind of odds could you have gotten in 1908 that a black dude would get elected president before the Cubs won the Series again?