I would have wanted that bet.
You should have asked the board first before betting. I would love to take some of your money away. Not only will Obama win, but by 5% at least. I will be in Thailand during the election and would be glad to have a dinner bet on it with anyone who feels the way you do. The losers treats to a fine meal at one of the better restaurants?
Re: I would have wanted that bet.
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Originally Posted by Khor tose
You should have asked the board first before betting.
The last time "the Board" expressed an opinion most were adamant the Democratic nomination* would go to Bill Clitoris' wife. Listening to what most people have to say won't make you a fortune. Most people in the finance industry did not believe there would be a financial crisis in the mortgage market. The favourite in horse-racing only wins one-third of the time. As we get closer to the election these political betting contests have a pretty good record of predicting the eventual winner - they are, after all, a two-horse race. However I bet against Mrs Clitoris before I'd even heard the name "Barack Obama", for the same reason I've bet against Obama now - on the balance of probabilities, she wouldn't win - too divisive. That John McCain probably will win fills me with horror, frankly. The fellow's experience in the armed forces, after all, is as a prisoner and he's even older than me. President Hopalong aside (and look how he ended up), the US presidency is a younger man's job
*or, as WhiteDesire would have it, "become the leader of the Democratic Party"
You didn't hear about this?????
Bush doesn't want a smarter man to succeed him, and make him look bad. After a long hard search he found some real dummies in the KaczyĆski twins, who agreed to run for president if the Poles could vote in our election. If they win we will all have to polish our Polish.
However, Soi 10 Tom has done a great job of laying out what is going to occur in our next election.
The "Governator" is terminated
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Originally Posted by George
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Originally Posted by fattman
.... Is Terminator Arnie eligible to run in the future? Or does his Austrian birth preclude it?
His Austrian birth prevents him from running for President, although moves are already under way to get this clause in the constitution changed. Don't bet against this being done in order for him to be able to run in the 2012 election, especially if Obama wins in November.
George.
Forget it.
There was "talk" about that a few years ago but it was just idle speculation fueled by a bored Press corps. Its not that easy to change the Constitution.
Besides, he's not (and never was) that popular in California. Right now he's in the middle of a big budget mess and his poll numbers are dropping as things drag on.
He may make a run for Senator against Boxer in 2010.