On RCP's history, I was trying to find one particular article and I couldn't dig it up again. But it was a blow-by-blow electoral college prediction for 2000. It had great lines like "Connecticut: Lot of Bush family history here, it runs deep, and Gore's a loser. Bush by 3." or something like that. Every state seemed to be a prediction that Bush would win by a small integer value. It culminated with their massive 440-some prediction for Bush over Gore.
Led to some pretty funny offline jokes. Virgin Islands? Gore couldn't kayak his way out of a wet paper bag. Bush by 5. Canada? Gore's lisp will come off as insulting. Bush by 2. And so on.