He wasn't trying to discredit anyone. The point is that there's something of a media frenzy about Silver right now, but I think he's saying there's something t

He wasn't trying to discredit anyone. The point is that there's something of a media frenzy about Silver right now, but I think he's saying there's something that doesn't feel right about it, and I agree. Silver does good work, but let's be real - all he does is aggregate existing poll data, and give more weight to pollsters who call cell phones as well as land lines. It's the ground-level pollsters who are geniuses, Silver is just aggregating their work. Smart, but hardly rocket science. If there's any real genius involved, I'd say it's in the PR campaign that's promoting Silver right now. It's clearly effective and well done.