No matter how you feel about Sarah Palin, you have to give the woman credit for knowing how to stretch her 15 minutes. I mean, how many other failed Veep candidates can the average person even name? Now ask yourself how many of Palin's children you can name.

Her fame is so great that even the sportsbooks have taken notice.

Bookmaker has the following odds on Sarah's next move:

She will host her own TV talk show +500
She will star in adult films +2000
She will run for office +150
She will sign a book deal +100
She will be a dedicated hockey mom +600
She will be David Letterman's sidekick +700
She will become a pit bull breeder +500

So, yeah, Bookmaker thinks it is more likely that Palin will breed pit bulls than become a dedicated hockey mom... Harsh.

Labels: 2008 presidential race, breaking down props, presidential election, prop bet, Sarah Palin

posted by Mary at 12:28 PM

McCain and Obama went at it last week, and tonight it's the VPs turn to get their debate on. But who's looking better to be president? Bodog has the candidates not quite in a dead heat. John McCain is at +225 and Barack Obama has the edge at -290. With a month away until the election, and the way this whole election cycle has been going, who knows what's going to happen? You never know what might happen at tonight's debate-- it could sway some voters. Then again, we might be hearing some zingers tonight as well. That's what makes this country great-- being a part of the process.

Labels: 2008 presidential race, Vice Presidential nominees

posted by Kari at 8:07 AM

McCain picked Palin. Obama picked Biden. Did it change the odds at all? Bodog has put back up their odds on who's going to win the race for the White House in 2 months. Regardless of who you're voting for, it will be an historic election.

And the odds? Well, it's almost neck and neck now that we're closer to November 4th John McCain is at +150, but Barack Obama still has the slightly better odds at -200-- which aren't definitively winning odds, but there's an edge. Can he keep it up to make it all the way, though?

Labels: 2008 presidential race

posted by Kari at 8:34 AM

You know the election is less than 4 months away, right? And depending on which poll you read about or see on TV, either one of the presumptive nominees has the edge over the other. I can't ever really tell which poll to trust, since they all seem bias to me. But has anyone really voted based on poll numbers? (Probably, but you don't, right?)

Bodog is still keeping up with who may be actually in the lead for the next president. John McCain is now at +175, and Barack Obama is at -240, meaning that Barack still has the edge for now. With the Democratic Convention now just about a month away and the Republican Convention the week after, these numbers could go either way.

Labels: 2008 presidential race, Barack Obama, Bodog, John McCain

posted by Kari at 7:52 AM

Hillary gave it up for Barack Obama this weekend, while John McCain has been meeting with folks to figure out who's going to be his number two. Or is that number one? (I get my Austin Powers and Star Trek mixed up sometimes. You know, it's the drinking.) But now the question is: who's going to be the veep for both parties? The odds over at Bodog may surprise you.

On the Republican side, former candidate Mitt Romney is in the lead at 2/1, and with all the talking and support that's been going on between these two, looks like it'll be an almost definite possibility. Right now, though, McCain's keeping quiet.

For the Democrats, you would think that Hillary would be a clear frontrunner at 3/2, but sometimes controversial Virginia senator Jim Webb is right behind her at 3/1. With all these people in the mix, it'll make for an interesting summer before the conventions this year.

Labels: 2008 presidential race, Barack Obama, Hillary Clinton, John McCain, Mitt Romney, veeps

posted by Kari at 12:36 PM