My take. Republicans will win with a mixed bag conservative in 08 or lose because the country still has a thing for big government. Its what got Bush elected and its simply doesn’t turn off enough people to Hillary or Obama. Its not Hunter’s time. I hope he takes it in 2012 or 2016.
Here are the new Intrade results after the debate.
For the first time there has been a measurable change for DUNCAN HUNTER, doubling in price and showing a major jump embedded in Iowa.Field with a 3.3 point jump.
Duncan Hunter Won the debate. Huckabee Lost.
And, since this is going to be controversial, I will point out that I’ve been logging onto several prior debate threads where I analyzed the changes in Intrade results from the debates, and usually before it was Huckabee who won.
2008 Republican Presidential Nominee
Old Price … New Price… Change
2008.GOP.NOM.GIULIANI 41.1 41.1 No chg
2008.GOP.NOM.ROMNEY 20.2 21.4 +1.2
2008.GOP.NOM.HUCKABEE 17.8 18.0 +0.2
2008.GOP.NOM.MCCAIN 9.2 9.2 No chg
2008.GOP.NOM.PAUL 5.0 6.0 +1.0
2008.GOP.NOM.THOMPSON(F) 5.1 5.0 -0.1
2008.GOP.NOM.HUNTER 0.1 0.2 +0.1
Winner of 2008 Republican Iowa Caucus
Old Price … New Price … Price Change
REP.IOWA.HUCKABEE
Mike Huckabee to Win 72.5 70.8 -1.7
REP.IOWA.ROMNEY
Mitt Romney to Win 25.1 25.1 No chg
REP.IOWA.THOMPSON(F)
Fred Thompson to Win 1.5 1.5 No chg
REP.IOWA.GIULIANI
Rudy Giuliani to Win 0.4 2.5 +2.1
REP.IOWA.MCCAIN
John McCain to Win 0.5 1.7 +1.2
REP.IOWA.FIELD
Field (any other individual) to Win 1.1 4.4 +3.3
The smart money really IS on Duncan Hunter.
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Why the smart money is on Duncan Hunter
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