In an online chat session a week after the 2012 election Silver commented: "As tempting as it might be to pull a Jim Brown/Sandy Koufax and just mic-drop/retire from elections forecasting, I expect that we'll be making forecasts in 2014 and 2016. Midterm elections can be dreadfully boring, unfortunately. But the 2016 G.O.P. primary seems almost certain to be epic.""Skew Yourselves: Nate Silver Is Here To Answer Your Questions", Article at Deadspin, November 14, 2012 . In late November 2012, Times executive editor Jill Abramson declared her wish to keep Silver and his blog: "We would love to have Nate continue to be part of the New York Times family, and to expand on what he does", she said. "We know he began in sports anyway, so it is not an exclusively political product. I am excited to talk to Nate when he finishes his book tour about ways to expand that kind of reporting."Alex Weprin, "The New York Times Wants To Keep Nate Silver, 'Expand On What He Does'", Mediabistro, November 27, 2012 . Also see Connor Simpson, "What the Future Holds for Nate Silver at The New York Times", Atlantic Wire, November 27, 2012 .
