4um: Hillary Clinton a Good Bet to Drop Out of Presidential Race Between April 22 and May 6 (Place your bets)

Title: Hillary Clinton a Good Bet to Drop Out of Presidential Race Between April 22 and May 6 (Place your bets)
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Published: Apr 9, 2008
Author: Christopher Costigan, Gambling911.com Pu
Post Date: 2008-04-09 15:26:38 by robin
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Hillary Clinton a Good Bet to Drop Out of Presidential Race Between April 22 and May 6

The oldest established US-facing online gambling website has made Hillary Clinton a favorite to drop out of the US Presidential race between the period of April 22 and May 6.

BetCRIS.com, which began catering to professional sports bettors way back in 1985, has listed betting odds on a time table for Clinton to pull out.

The best payout is any time before April 22. With 7/1 odds, a $1 bet would pay $7. A $100 bet would pay $700. The odds are against this happening, however, as Mrs. Clinton has vowed to stay in the race. Some believe she might even stay in past Election Day even if Barack Obama or John McCain win.

As Barrack Obama continues to pull ahead of Hillary Clinton in the race for the Presidency and the nation’s final primaries are looming on the horizon, the feasibility of Senator Clinton’s campaign has come under increasingly heavy scrutiny.

After the alleged sniper fire in Bosnia, her daughter continuing to be questioned on the “Lewinsky Scandal” and the changing of campaign managers, analysts at BetCRIS.com posted odds on Clinton dropping out of the presidential race.

While the period between April 22 and May 6 might be a good bet in terms of the payout ($2 for every $1 wagered), the oddsmakers have her favored to pull out during the long period between June 4 and August 30.

Will Hillary Clinton Drop Out of the Democratic Race?

Before April 22^nd 7/1

Between April 22^nd and May 6^th 2/1

Between May 7^th and May 13^th 2/7

Between May 14^th and May 20^th 2/1

Between May 21^st and June 1^st 6/5

Between June 2^nd and June 3^rd 9/4

Between June 4^th and August 30^th 1/3

She will not drop out of the race 9/2

Bets can be placed here

“It’s not easy to predict which way Hillary’s political winds will blow,” said Esteban Siles, Spokesperson for BetCRIS.com. “She seems to be making a career out of proving her critics wrong.”

Oh and then there is that little detail involving her reported taxes, which demonstrates how Hillary and Bill Clinton know how to make money (they've managed to make millions since Bill left office). In this period of economic hardship, Americans may be believing that Hillary could provide the right medicine for the ailing US economy. And of course, anyone who cares about health card the way we do probably likes the former First Lady as well.

Lost, though mentioned, in this news is the fact that the Clinton's donated very generously to charities over the years as well.

With this in mind, she could have strong numbers in Pennsylvania come that state's Primary Day.

For those of you who want a true economic stimulus package - go with the option "Hillary Clinton will not drop out of the race". That one pays $900 for every $200 bet. Could it be that she overtakes Barack Obama in the final hours?

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Christopher Costigan, Gambling911.com Publisher CCostigan@CostiganMedia.com

Originally published April 9, 2008 2:44 pm EST

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Clinton and Obama showed off their grilling skills at yesterday's Senate hearings with Gen. David Petraeus and Ryan Crocker but didn't offer much more than their usual bleak assessments. Clinton drew contrasts with John McCain, saying she "fundamentally" disagreed with his assessment that troop withdrawals are irresponsible—but stopped short of her "willing suspension of disbelief" remarks last time. Spoken like a true future majority leader.

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I say she takes it to Denver and does the super delegate thingie on Obama, thus ensuring social upheaval like we've not seen before. She'd choose total destruction of the Ds (I pray, I pray) over a personal defeat.

I will grant you that, let's say that there's 10% about Hillary Clinton that we don't know yet, I will grant you that, but I would say there's also about 50% about Barack Obama that we don't know yet," Ed Rendell said.

I see her as getting assurances of preferential treatment as a candidate four years from now after a horrific term of McCain being POTUS. And her undercutting Obama to try to make sure he loses to allow the insane elder Republican into the White House to give her an opportunity to come back with an apple with a better polish to it.

A completely reasonable, albeit very frightening, reality. I can't see her leaving the national stage gracefully.

She scares the crap out of me. She really gives the real sense of this particular presidential campaign the flavor of a Russian Roulette festival.

Her leaving the scene is very welcome a thought, and it would simplify the mess everything already is in quite allot.

Call me myopic if you wish, but my sense of expectations in presidential elections is more of one where I focus on the most immediate traffic wreck occurring rather then digesting the full spectacle of the demolition derby of it all.

Oh well, I only do what is necessary to keep me sane in this day and age. I really have as deep a loathing for the Clintons as I do the Bushes. To me, if you play golf with someone as Billie does with Daddy Bush, you are showing off your most important business partners.