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Barack_America Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Wed Feb-13-08 05:05 PM
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Intrade has Obama at 51.1 to win the Presidency.
Edited on Wed Feb-13-08 05:08 PM by Kristi1696
Obama: 51.1
McCain: 33.0
Clinton: 16.4

Chances at winning the Democratic nomination
Obama: 74.5
Clinton: 26.9


Good news!!


(I figured this was worthy of using one of my 3 threads on. :))


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Edited to be responsible and add a link:
http://www.intrade.com/ (check the first page and scroller)
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THUNDER HANDS Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Wed Feb-13-08 05:06 PM
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1. first!
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THUNDER HANDS Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Wed Feb-13-08 05:06 PM
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2. as long as there's a post limit, might as well have fun
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Barack_America Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Wed Feb-13-08 05:15 PM
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8. Sure. There's not much to do around here anymore unless you want to bicker...
...which isn't as much fun as it used to be.
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thevoiceofreason Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Wed Feb-13-08 05:07 PM
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3. I like how the numbers add to over 100
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Barack_America Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Wed Feb-13-08 05:09 PM
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5. That's why I was careful not to say "%".
Edited on Wed Feb-13-08 05:09 PM by Kristi1696
These are "bid" prices.

;)
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thevoiceofreason Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Wed Feb-13-08 05:14 PM
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7. Working the spread -- what are the ask prices?
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HiFructosePronSyrup Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Wed Feb-13-08 05:16 PM
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9. I think it's a ratio, like racing odds.
51:33:16
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Barack_America Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Wed Feb-13-08 05:17 PM
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11. That's how I understand it....
Or rather don't understand it. ;)
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Barack_America Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Wed Feb-13-08 05:16 PM
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10. Almost identical. Different by an average of 0.1. n/t
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Bicoastal Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Wed Feb-13-08 05:07 PM
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4. Is this higher than HRC's ever was? nt
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Barack_America Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Wed Feb-13-08 05:13 PM
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6. For President, yes.
Edited on Wed Feb-13-08 05:13 PM by Kristi1696
From the graph on intrade it looks like she maxed just below 50.

http://www.intrade.com/partners.jsp?ZID=4775&AID=1&CID=2&page=trade&selConID=376100

But for Dem nominee she used to be in the 80's.
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