[finnman69]

big ups

[Grampa Dave]

[Mr. Silverback]

The financial newswire adds, perhaps ominously for the Kerry campaign, "Only twice in the last century - the 1916 election and the 2000 contest between Bush and Democrat Al Gore - did the betting markets get it wrong on the popular vote."

Which is why it was so brilliant to have a futures market on terrorism. I don't care if some fatcat would be making money because he predicted Chicago would get nuked in a particular month, I just care that he would have predicted it, and we could have prepared for this stuff.

BTW, some of these Presidential predictors end up being pretty spooky...like the one where the First lady who has the most liked cookie recipe is the one who gets to pick the Curtains in the White House...

Billionaire leftist Soros, however, is bucking the trends. "One of the most prescient market gurus is betting firmly on the other side," says his spokesman, Michael Vachon.

Good. Keep pouring that money down the MoveOn hole, George!