What the gamblers are saying right now:

[JBoy]

Here are the current odds at www.ladbrokes.com for various outcomes:

Who will be elected US President in 2008?

Barack Obama 10/11
John McCain 11/8
Hillary Clinton 5/1
Al Gore 25/1
Wayne Root 66/1
Ralph Nader 250/1
Ron Paul 250/1

2008 US Presidential Winning Party:

Democrats 8/15
Republicans 11/8
Independent 100/1

Who will be the Democratic Candidate?

Barack Obama 1/5
Hillary Clinton 7/2
Al Gore 14/1

2008 Democratic vice presidential nominee:

Bill Richardson 3/1
Kathleen Sebelius 6/1
Barack Obama 8/1
Hillary Clinton 8/1
Jim Webb 8/1
Evan Bayh 12/1
Claire McCaskill 14/1
Michael Bloomberg 14/1
Al Gore 16/1
John Edwards 16/1
Mark Warner 16/1
Sam Nunn 16/1
Tim Kaine 16/1
Wes Clarke 16/1
Anthony Zinni 20/1
Janet Napolitano 20/1
Bill Nelson 25/1
Bob Casey 25/1
Harold Ford Jnr 25/1
Ted Strickland 25/1
Chris Dodd 33/1
Diane Feinstein 33/1
Ed Rendell 33/1
James Doyle 33/1
Joe Biden 33/1
Lee Hamilton 33/1
Nancy Pelosi 33/1
Tom Daschle 33/1
Tim Roemer 40/1
Colin Powell 50/1
Tim Vilsack 50/1
Sanford Bishop 66/1

2008 Republican vice presidential nominee:

Mitt Romney 4/1
Tim Pawlenty 6/1
Charlie Crist 8/1
Condoleezza Rice 10/1
Chris Cox 12/1
Lindsay Graham 12/1
Mark Sanford 12/1
Rob Portman 12/1
Sarah Palin 12/1
Joe Lieberman 14/1
Tom Ridge 14/1
John Kasich 16/1
Mike Huckabee 16/1
Haley Barbour 20/1
Kay Bailey Hutchinson 20/1
Bobby Jindal 25/1
J.C. Watts 25/1
Sonny Perdue 25/1
Tom Coburn 25/1
David Petraeus 33/1
John Thune 33/1
Jon Huntsman Jnr 33/1
Rudy Giuliani 33/1
Fred Thompson 40/1
Steve Forbes 40/1
Colin Powell 50/1
Jim Demint 50/1
Michael Bloomberg 50/1
Michael Steele 50/1
Mike Pence 50/1
Phil Gramm 50/1
Richard Burr 50/1
Chuck Hagel 66/1
Jeb Bush 66/1
Sam Brownback 66/1
Ron Paul 100/1

Indiana Primary Winner:

Clinton 8/11
Obama even

North Carolina Primary (handicap):

Obama -16pts 5/6
Clinton +16pts 5/6


Other bets of interest:

Obama and Clinton to run as Presidential and Vice-Presidential Nominee (Either order) 7/2
Obama and Clinton still to be contesting the nomination at the start of the Democratic Convention (Aug 25) 7/4

[rurallib]

1. I hope Pawlenty is the GOP Veep candidate

pictures of Johnny Mac hugging George the hated with a fallen interstate bridge in the background would tell the story of the GOP.

[The Velveteen Ocelot]

3. Timmy the Tool wants that VP job so bad he can taste it,

which is why he's been living in McCain's pants for the past year. Obviously he didn't anticipate the bridge collapse (although maybe he should have, considering how he's stiffed the state agencies because the Taxpayer's League is living in HIS pants), but there it is, as a lovely backdrop for the convention. If McCain picks him and -- God help us -- wins in November, the only up-side I can think of is that Timmy will get his sorry ass out of Minnesota. Don't be misled by his nice smile and folksy demeanor. The guy sucks donkey balls.

[Nitrogenica]

4. Yah Tim Pawlenty is responsible for the decreasing quality of life in Minnesota.

The roads/bridges aroung Minneapolis are a disgrace. I grit my teeth every time I go across the Misissippi.

Not to mention the huge swaths of foreclosures around the State.

Honorable mention is WIlliam McGuire and United Healths salaries and benefits that are an embarassment, given the source of their wealth.

Oh and there seems to be a campaign on right wing radio here to promote violence against protestors to the RNC convention.

What a disgrace it all is. The list is long, and McCain's going to lose in a landslide here.

[Cleita]

2. Thanks for posting.

I never thought of going to the bookies for prognostication. They can be pretty accurate. btw Who the hell is Wayne Root?

[JBoy]

5. Kick for the 2nd shift.

[Bread and Circus]

6. If I were betting: Obama/Sebelius 2008

[Tribetime]

7. so there's a 5-1 difference between Gore and Clinton

and a little more than 5-1 Clinton to Obama. Gore is closer to Clinton than Clinton is to Obama