For this discussion's purposes the outcome of Tuesday's voting
doesn't really matter  As the late Variety columnist Army
Archerd might have said, “Good morning, and congratulations
election winners.”  The outcome of Tuesday’s voting was unknown
as this column was written, but for this discussion’s purposes,
doesn’t really matter. Because, as with any high-profile contest
that generates reams of analysis and can only produce one victor
(a la “Highlander”), a lot of very public people will wake up
Wednesday having been proved terribly, horribly,
incontrovertibly wrong.  And there really ought to be some
penalty for that.  We live in an age obsessed with data,
immersed in digital information. Not only are there sports
leagues, but fans with too much spare time have created fantasy
versions driven entirely by statistics, divorced from actual
games.  Yet for some reason, those in the opinion business are
spared the sort of scrutiny they shower on others.  This is not
only unfair, but poor customer service. Politic