The overwhelming odds are that the President in 2008 will be a Democrat!
http://biz.yahoo.com/prnews/060620/to081.html?.v=31The odds still favor Senator Hillary Clinton (D-NY) to capture the American Presidency in 2008, but a sizeable number of bettors are gambling on former Vice President Al Gore. Sportsbook.com, the world's largest online sportsbook and casino and first to market with presidential odds, announces updated odds on the 2008 Presidential Election along with the latest betting trends.
With 3-1 odds, Clinton's likely candidacy has been overshadowed in recent weeks by the re-emergence of former Vice President Al Gore as the Democrats' potential nominee. But for a US Supreme Court ruling on the Florida vote in the 2000 election, Gore might have been President of the United States instead of George Bush.
Gore has been outspoken in the last year, sharply criticizing the Bush Administration's handling of the invasion of Iraq and its subsequent efforts to create a stable democracy there. In addition, the success of his recent film, An Inconvenient Truth, has thrust him into the national spotlight as a champion for environmental protection in the face of global warming.
Despite his claims to the contrary, many Washington insiders are anticipating a Gore-Clinton showdown for the Democratic nomination. Odds on Gore winning the 2008 election have jumped markedly from 70-1, when betting opened a year ago, to 20 -1 currently. This significant shift reflects the sizeable increase in bets wagered on Gore over the past six months, a probable reaction to rampant media speculation of a second Gore candidacy. 12.8% of all bets at sportsbook.com are now being wagered on Al Gore compared to 12.5% for Clinton. Most of Gore's support is coming from California and New York where he has respectively received 37% and 47% of all wagers.
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