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(Vanity) According to Intrade, the winner of today's GOP debate was... Duncan Hunter.
Vanity ^ | 12/12/07 | Kevmo

Posted on 12/12/2007 11:31:53 PM PST by Kevmo

Here are the new Intrade results after the debate, as posted on the official discussion thread.

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 the analysis showed was Huckabee who won. This time it's Hunter.

Naturally, those with an axe to grind will go out of their way to belittle this analysis. Out of all the candidates, Hunter seems to have his own version of a peanut gallery. Notably, when I had pointed out in earlier debates that Huckabee had won, no one could fault the analysis -- they merely felt that Intrade was not a reliable source of information. The reason why I proceed from Intrade is that it is an aggregated form of information, its only bias is from whether or not someone can make money from the contracts, and predictive markets have proven to be more reliable than poll results. As an example, refer to this article on Free Republic:

The Efficacy Of Prediction Markets The Liberty Papers ^ | November 8, 2007 | Brad Warbiany http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-news/1922961/posts

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

Ron Paul's contracts saw a 20% rise, Thompson's saw a 2% fall, Huckabee's saw a 1% rise, Romney's saw a 6% rise and Hunter's saw a 100% rise in price.

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 biggest changes were Giuliani and the Field. Hunter, Tancredo and Ron Paul are all embedded in the field. Interpolating from the fact that Tancredo's NOM contract saw no change and no volume, the two biggest elements would be Ron Paul's and Hunter's contracts. It's a real safe bet at this stage -- later on an Intrader would need to decide if he wanted to stick with Hunter or Paul when the contracts split out from the field. Further interpolating From Ron Paul's 20% rise and Hunter's 100% rise, that would leave about a half point rise due to Ron Paul's performance and maybe 2 & a half point rise for Hunter for Iowa.Win.

Rudy also seems to have done well in this debate for the Iowa results. Thompson and Huckabee lost ground.

The smart money really IS on Duncan Hunter.

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Why the smart money is on Duncan Hunter http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-news/1926032/posts


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To: ejonesie22

I question the accuracy of both at this point in the game.
***Do you have some kind of data that supports your contention? Several posters on this thread have claimed that prediction markets are “pure emotion”, which doesn’t hold water once the data is looked at objectively.

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Why the smart money is on Duncan Hunter
http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-news/1926032/posts


81 posted on 12/13/2007 9:40:37 AM PST by Kevmo (We should withdraw from Iraq — via Tehran. And Duncan Hunter is just the man to get that job done.)
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To: kevkrom

I’ll let unbiased observers determine who has refuted whom.
***So will I. Here’s the link to where you had the “straw man within a straw man” argument. It’s the only time I have EVER seen that happen. It’s truly a unique exposition of fallacial reasoning.

http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-news/1926032/posts?page=305#305


82 posted on 12/13/2007 9:45:34 AM PST by Kevmo (We should withdraw from Iraq — via Tehran. And Duncan Hunter is just the man to get that job done.)
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To: ansel12
Good morning.
“Running the global foreign interests of the most powerful economic and military that has ever existed, isn’t much much enhanced by knowing how you personally felt as a young man in a dangerous position”

That’s true, but the positions he has held in his years in Congress, and the positions he has consistently taken, do make him more qualified than most of the other candidates of either party.

Michael Frazier

83 posted on 12/13/2007 9:46:03 AM PST by brazzaville (No surrender, no retreat. Well, maybe retreat's ok)
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To: ansel12

Not exactly. He still has zero combat experience and has less clout than either Hunter or McCain when he asks military members and their families to “be strong” as we stay the course.


84 posted on 12/13/2007 9:47:06 AM PST by conservativecajun (Hunter '08 - vote for the most qualified for the position)
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To: Kevmo

Yes I do know. But in the past I’ve been accused of being the cut & paste king.


Aren’t you?.... But I wasn’t asking for an entire thread be cut/pasted. Only asking for what constituted a large block in Hunters case.... Also how that compared to large blocks among the other candidates. I guess even a more telling item would be the number of trades for each candidate. Are there many traders or just a few, but in any case Hunter will begin to meet reality in about 20 days in Iowa.


85 posted on 12/13/2007 9:50:34 AM PST by deport (---20 days Iowa Caucuses--- 25 days New Hampshire vote s--- [ Meanwhile:-- Cue Spooky Music--])
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To: Kevmo
Since there is no “looking glass” to the future, I can produce more data.

Like all things of that nature predication markets are based on the most current available data. If all factors stay in check, then they are accurate, if not, well, ask World Com investors, many were planning lavish retirements based on the markets the Friday before all hell broke loose...

Prior performance is not indicative of future results.

As an aside, I would be curious, and you would be the one to find it quicker than I, what the predication markets said about Howard Dean at this point.

86 posted on 12/13/2007 9:51:47 AM PST by ejonesie22 (In America all people have a right to be wrong, some just exercise it a bit much...)
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To: ansel12

But...if Fred does get the nomination, I’ll vote for him in the General.

Now if the nominee is Giuliani or Romney...well... is Pat Buchanan running again?


87 posted on 12/13/2007 9:52:43 AM PST by conservativecajun (Hunter '08 - vote for the most qualified for the position)
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To: Kevmo

WOW! This is good news!


88 posted on 12/13/2007 9:57:00 AM PST by conservativegramma
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To: Kevmo
Here’s the link to where you had the “straw man within a straw man” argument. It’s the only time I have EVER seen that happen. It’s truly a unique exposition of fallacial reasoning.

It's only a "strawman" because you decided to call it that rather than refute my points directly. Instead, you then go on to miss my entire point, creating your own strawman to knock down.

I'd try to educate you further, but you seem closed to the idea of actually understanding this subject, as opposed to flogging your own opinions as unrefuted fact. That's why I gave up responding before -- you will twist anything I say to make yourself look good, even if you have to change the meaning or ignore the point entirely.

So once again, I'm done with the subject. Of course, you'll likely post a response to get in the last word, but don't expect me to continue to try and reason with someone who dismisses all argument as "fallacy" or "strawman". Believe whatever warped fantasy you wish -- your own arguments prove that Intrade is reactive rather than proactive, and is thus no more reliable than the typical MSM poll.

89 posted on 12/13/2007 10:08:51 AM PST by kevkrom ("Should government be doing this? And if so, then at what level of government?" - FDT)
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To: kevkrom

No, the market was completely WRONG — they were reactive to events, not predictors of events, which is your whole premise.
***That’s cool that you’ve learned how to italicize and use Bold. But your argumentation is still flawed, so it’s like a jalopy that doesn’t run very well but LOOKS REAL SNAZZY. In this argument, you claim that my whole premise is that the markets are predictors of events, which is, again, a straw argument. The argument is that the data is more reliable than poll data once the events have been analyzed with respect to Poll data and Market/trading data. And in this case, the market delta at Intrade showed Huckabee to be the winner of the debates, most freepers said “Huckabee? No way”. But then Huckabee started to rise in the polls, so in this respect the delta at Intrade was a predictor of the delta in the polls. It’s the same analysis that shows Hunter won this particular debate. The time to debate the analysis was when I was saying the Huckster won. That analysis held and was proven correct, and today the same level of analysis shows Hunter to be the winner of the debate.

Kevmo: you used some of the most classic fallacies on the smart money thread

Kevkrom: Yes,
***Is this an acknowledgement that you used classic fallacies? The readers can see for themselves, but it would be interesting to see if you can discern a classic fallacy.

I still see you flogging your laughable “analysis” there, complete to the point where you simply make up your own probabilities, and then analyze them as if they were facts.
***Show that on that thread. None of your other analysis survived. Because you don’t know how to argue from facts. You instinctively rely upon classic fallacies.

And any critique pointing out those flaws immediately labeled as “classic fallacies”. I call that projection, myself.
***Why don’t you read up on some of the classic fallacies and start identifying them, if they’re being used. Things like Ad Hominem, straw argumentation, appeal to the gallery, etc. Projection isn’t one of them as far as I recall. Projection is some kind of psychological thingie.

I stopped posting there because it was pointless arguing with someone who basis his rationale on “I say it is true, therefore it is true”.
***You stopped posting there because you got your hat handed to you when you were using classic fallacies. In your particular case, the amazing use of a “straw man within a straw man “ was so much fun to see, it might actually serve as some kind of textbook example in the future. Keep up the good work. Oh, and by the way, you got my basis wrong, so once again, yeah it’s a straw argument. Keep them coming.

LOL. That’s all your “Intrade” threads have been about — promoting your flawed assumptions as if they were golden reality.
***This isn’t even an argument any more, it’s just a repetition of a past claim which has been proven untrue. You make a good pasquinade, thanks.

The dramatic movements in the market as reactive indicators tell me that they are the results of emotion, not reason. A reasoned market would have pre-priced those probabilities into the contract, not have massive up- and down-swings based on day-to-day events.
***Maybe that’s what they tell you, but it tells political pundits and others that there’s some solid data to be mined. Pre-priced? That’s hillarious. The market determines the price. That’s the point. That’s also what makes it a valuable source of data, because that market aggregation of emotion/data/intuition/hunch/whatever has proven to be more reliable than polls.

The whole premise here is based on Intrade being a predictor — but all of the data shows that they are reactive, not proactive, and basically mirror current MSM sentiment.
***That’s a fascinating statement. If you really want to pursue it, bring it up on the efficacy thread where it would make sense to drill down on it. Bringing up the point here on this thread just shows that you might have a strong bias against Hunter.

The Efficacy Of Prediction Markets http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-news/1922961/posts

I could see the same thing in any MSM poll, why would I need Intrade?
***Excellent question. For one thing, Intrade leads the polls, using the huckster rise as an example. For another, SOMEONE COULD MAKE MONEY. They could put their money where their mouth is and make money at the same time. That’s got to be unique in political history, aside from bribery.


90 posted on 12/13/2007 10:09:53 AM PST by Kevmo (We should withdraw from Iraq — via Tehran. And Duncan Hunter is just the man to get that job done.)
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To: Kevmo

Anyone know where Huckabee was at intrade when he started rising?


91 posted on 12/13/2007 10:12:48 AM PST by thelastinkling (DH08 or BUST)
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To: deport

Interesting way to get someone to go & fetch data for you, by reinforcing the notion that they’re the cut & paste king. Maybe I should just call you the laziness king, trying to get others to fetch for you.

Your question is asked & answered on that Intrade forum. Go fetch it yourself.

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Why the smart money is on Duncan Hunter
http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-news/1926032/posts


92 posted on 12/13/2007 10:14:07 AM PST by Kevmo (We should withdraw from Iraq — via Tehran. And Duncan Hunter is just the man to get that job done.)
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To: ejonesie22

Since there is no “looking glass” to the future, I can produce more data.
***If you can produce more data, then do it. Your response is difficult to understand in the light of no data production.

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Why the smart money is on Duncan Hunter
http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-news/1926032/posts


93 posted on 12/13/2007 10:16:39 AM PST by Kevmo (We should withdraw from Iraq — via Tehran. And Duncan Hunter is just the man to get that job done.)
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To: kevkrom

Thanks for bumping the thread.

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Why the smart money is on Duncan Hunter
http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-news/1926032/posts


94 posted on 12/13/2007 10:18:05 AM PST by Kevmo (We should withdraw from Iraq — via Tehran. And Duncan Hunter is just the man to get that job done.)
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To: Kevmo

A stopped clock....

Pray for W and Our Victorious Troops


95 posted on 12/13/2007 10:18:25 AM PST by bray (Let's Bring Christ Back to Christmas)
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To: Kevmo

Naw..... Not that interested in a couple of traders that bought a few contract and constitutes a large block. When that Hunter fellars volume gets up there with the front runners let us know, will ya?.....

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20 days and the selection process begins in real time not playing on the futures market. That is the real market.


96 posted on 12/13/2007 10:20:19 AM PST by deport (---20 days Iowa Caucuses--- 25 days New Hampshire vote s--- [ Meanwhile:-- Cue Spooky Music--])
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To: thelastinkling

Anyone know where Huckabee was at intrade when he started rising?
***This might help.

http://www.intrade.com/jsp/intrade/misc/charts/


97 posted on 12/13/2007 10:20:29 AM PST by Kevmo (We should withdraw from Iraq — via Tehran. And Duncan Hunter is just the man to get that job done.)
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To: deport

fellars volume gets up there with the front runners let us know, will ya?.....
***That’s part of the analysis. The volume in between the 2 snapshots is heavily focused on Hunter, more than other front runners. So for that snapshot in time, which represents the delta that would spit out the winner of the debate, Hunter beat the other fellars’ volume with the free cash that was available and willing to put down.

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Why the smart money is on Duncan Hunter
http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-news/1926032/posts


98 posted on 12/13/2007 10:23:35 AM PST by Kevmo (We should withdraw from Iraq — via Tehran. And Duncan Hunter is just the man to get that job done.)
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To: bray

Well, I like your tagline and that you ask all of us to pray for our troops & for W.

As far as a stopped clock, the Intrade data recently predicted the Ron Paul Rise, the Huckabee Rise, the Thompson freefall, among other things. It predicted that Obama took the lead in Iowa over Clinton well before the polls showed it. If this is a stopped clock, then polls are a clock going in reverse — with the appearance of being right more often but in the final analysis, way off.

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Why the smart money is on Duncan Hunter
http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-news/1926032/posts


99 posted on 12/13/2007 10:26:32 AM PST by Kevmo (We should withdraw from Iraq — via Tehran. And Duncan Hunter is just the man to get that job done.)
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To: Kevmo

They also had Kerry at 90% chance of winning. I like Duncan, but don’t bet more than you can afford to lose. There is still an eternity left.

I have nobody in this and it will be over prior to my vote. My guess is Fred will be a very strong candidate.

Pray for W and Our Victorious Troops


100 posted on 12/13/2007 10:32:21 AM PST by bray (Let's Bring Christ Back to Christmas)
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