Wrong again: Nate Silver says who funded Steele dossier not especially interesting

Brett T. | 5:28 PM on October 28, 2017

Twitchy has already posted a piece on pollster Nate Silver today, in which he repeats his theory that James Comey’s October surprise of a letter one year ago today almost certainly cost Hillary Clinton the 2016 election.

Silver isn’t only doubling-down on that theory today; he’s also confessing his unpopular opinion; namely, that who paid for the research to create the infamous Steele dossier on Donald Trump isn’t especially interesting or important.

Who funded the Steele dossier is not an especially interesting or important news story. #ConfessYourUnpopularOpinion

— Nate Silver (@NateSilver538) October 28, 2017

? Yeah it is. https://t.co/9qn4ma5LaT

— Evil Red Kid (@_SOURKIDZ_) October 28, 2017

Well, you've been wrong before https://t.co/hAqHBAp2WY

— Chuck Ross (@ChuckRossDC) October 28, 2017

Also from just about a year ago, here’s a reminder that, yes, Silver has been very wrong before.

Our final forecast of the year just published! Clinton is a 71% favorite in polls-only, 72% in polls-plus. https://t.co/UxLqelkmvP pic.twitter.com/yTXPTLF5Ri

— Nate Silver (@NateSilver538) November 8, 2016

Oops.

Maybe it’s just from hearing for nearly a year now about how Russian collusion “hacked” the 2016 election, but we’re very interested in who paid Christopher Steele to compile that bogus dossier.

Nah, the @DNC and others colluded with a hostile foreign gov't to get dirt on a political opponent. No big whoop. https://t.co/1qYD53b6G7

— Jeff Adams (@JeffAdams82) October 28, 2017

Yeah…You are right. team Hillary, the DNC and their powerful lawyers at Perkins Coie paying for the dossier is no big deal.

— NeoKong (@The_NeoKong) October 28, 2017