CNN Democratic
Presidential Debate: Las Vegas welcomes top contenders
The CNN Democratic
Presidential Debate will take place in Las Vegas tonight as
Barack Obama is looking for the edge on Hillary.
What
better time to look at the 2008 presidential betting odds on the
Democrats, than before the CNN debate, which is scheduled to
take place at Las Vegas, the gambling capital of the world. And
as we take a look at the odds offered by the major betting
firms, it will be a clear three-horse race, before and after the
tonight's debate. At
Bodog Sports, Hillary Clinton
remains the favorite to win the Democratic presidential
nomination with odds 1/6, several weeks before the the first
votes in the nominating process - the caucuses in Iowa. All
national polls are showing Clinton as the top gun among the
Democrats, and the CNN Democratic Presidential Debate in Las
Vegas will give the chance to the other two top tier candidates
to improve their odds on winning the nomination. Barack Obama
comes second with odds 12/5 and third among the Democrats is
John Edwards with odds 8/1.
The odds on the top three Democratic
presidential candidates are unlikely to change after the CNN
debate in Las Vegas, unless one of them makes a huge mistake,
something no one is expecting so close to the caucuses. Minor
mistakes and "flip-flopping" has been tolerated so far by the
bookmakers and bettors, clear example is Hillary Clinton's last party
debate. Behind the three top Democrats comes Dennis Kucinich
with odds to be chosen as the Democratic candidate for the 2008
US Presidential Election at 20/1, Joseph Biden is at 30/1 and
Chris Dodd is trailing at 40/1. Keep in mind that usually the
odds are driven by the number of bets placed on the candidates,
i.e. the more people bet on Clinton, the smaller her odds will
get.
It's interesting to note that Bodog is
playing it safe and has listed Al Gore with odds 5/1 to be
chosen by the Democrats as their candidate, even though he has
not announced he will run.
The CNN Democratic Presidential Debate
will start at 8:00 pm EST from Las Vegas, Nevada. Tune in to
OGPaper.com after the debate for the latest odds on the
Democrats, as well as brief recap of the discussions.
Published on
11/15/2007
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