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McCain Passes Obama on Intrade
http://www.intrade.com/ ^ | 9/10/08

Posted on 09/10/2008 11:42:36 AM PDT by Straight Vermonter



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1 posted on 09/10/2008 11:42:37 AM PDT by Straight Vermonter
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To: Straight Vermonter
Intrade was about a week behind the news cycle this time.

I'm still not sure if it's a coincident indicator or a lagging indicator of conventional wisdom. It sure as hell isn't predictive of anything!

2 posted on 09/10/2008 11:49:40 AM PDT by JohnnyZ (This gun for hire)
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To: Straight Vermonter
And he's just about to pass Obama on Rassmusen markets.

Picking up Johnny Mac at $32 makes me feel like a bacon-double-cheeseburger genius!

Owl_Eagle

"There are people who are surrounded by bigots
and know it is wrong, but are afraid to be vocal against it.
These people are going to pull the lever for Obama
and they are not being polled."
angee_is_mad, DUmmy

3 posted on 09/10/2008 11:50:43 AM PDT by End Times Sentinel (In Memory of my Dear Friend Henry Lee II)
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To: Straight Vermonter

Damn! Your browser and tabs are indentical to mine except I’m streaming Rush right now. Cool!


4 posted on 09/10/2008 11:50:57 AM PDT by BreezyDog
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To: Straight Vermonter

Damn! Your browser and tabs are the same as mine except I’m streaming Rush right now. Cool!


5 posted on 09/10/2008 11:52:21 AM PDT by BreezyDog
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To: Owl_Eagle

You know, I set up an intrade account when I saw McCain down at around 30, but it wouldn’t take a credit card to power up my account, so at that point I just gave up— too much hassle.

I COULDA BEEN RICH!!!!!


6 posted on 09/10/2008 11:59:24 AM PDT by agooga (Struggling every day to be worthy of their sacrifice.)
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To: JohnnyZ
It sure as hell isn't predictive of anything!

The price is not intended to be any sort of predictive indicator. The price reflects instantaneous decisionmaking of market participants.

7 posted on 09/10/2008 12:07:54 PM PDT by rogue yam
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Hype this. It means nothing, but hype it strongly. Loudly.

For the next 3 weeks the key is to cut off Obama’s fund raising. He is falling way behind in money and that money will come off of the GOTV effort in the final weekend.

Depress his donors.


8 posted on 09/10/2008 12:08:10 PM PDT by Owen
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To: agooga
You know, I have to admit, I don't totally know what I'm doing over there (I put a lot of "money" on "Field" for VP, but at the last minute, they added Palin's name, so I lost), but I didn't use a credit card. I think it's just for fun. I sure hope so anyways because that Palin/Field caper would cost me a lot more than I have.

Owl_Eagle

"There are people who are surrounded by bigots
and know it is wrong, but are afraid to be vocal against it.
These people are going to pull the lever for Obama
and they are not being polled."
angee_is_mad, DUmmy

9 posted on 09/10/2008 12:12:31 PM PDT by End Times Sentinel (In Memory of my Dear Friend Henry Lee II)
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To: Straight Vermonter

BWAHAHAHA!


10 posted on 09/10/2008 12:13:00 PM PDT by GVnana ("The American presidency is not supposed to be a journey of personal discovery.")
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To: rogue yam
The price is not intended to be any sort of predictive indicator.

I hear ya -- tell it to all the FReepers who yammer on about how Intrade is the best predictor of election results.

11 posted on 09/10/2008 12:21:56 PM PDT by JohnnyZ (This gun for hire)
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To: JohnnyZ

Intrade was about a week behind the news cycle this time.
I’m still not sure if it’s a coincident indicator or a lagging indicator of conventional wisdom.
***Intrade has a liberal bias. Yesterday I posted an analysis that said there was $7 of free money on the table. I didn’t expect it to evaporate so quickly.

Trying to Quantify Liberal Bias at Intrade
http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-backroom/2078429/posts


12 posted on 09/10/2008 12:33:22 PM PDT by Kevmo (Obama Birth Certificate is a Forgery. http://www.freerepublic.com/tag/certifigate/index?tab=articles)
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To: Owl_Eagle

Well, hey— it’s all about having fun, isn’t it? And, I’ve got to say that this election is pretty amusing so far.


13 posted on 09/10/2008 12:40:56 PM PDT by agooga (Struggling every day to be worthy of their sacrifice.)
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To: Straight Vermonter

Your thread has been linked by allahpundit at hotair.com:

http://hotair.com/archives/2008/09/10/fox-news-poll-mccain-leads-by-three-gains-16-points-among-independents-since-last-month/

Scroll down to the sentence “Exit question from a resolute pessimist: Are people starting to believe?”

Hello AP! Hello hotair friends!


14 posted on 09/10/2008 12:56:58 PM PDT by Petronski (Zero-bama. All this time we thought it was an "O" but, nope, it's just a "0".)
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