Check it out.
Posted on 05/02/2011 9:58:04 AM PDT by SeekAndFind
On InTrade -- the prediction market site where people bet on various outcomes -- the odds Obama is re-elected exploded higher last night after the news of Osama Bin Laden's capture and death.
Check it out.
And this is the point where serious political analysts say things like: Well, it's a long way until the election and that it's ultimately the economy that will decide things.
And there's probably some validity to that. But obviously this was a huge moment for the President, and the contrast he can draw -- working on this plan for months -- compared to the other candidates is pretty sharp.
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Bush the elder was at +90% approval rating after the first Gulf War. Look what good that did him.
Joe Weisenthal. Master of useless prognostication.
Nothing new here. What goes ‘up’, must come ‘down’.
agreed- the nation will not put up with $6/gallon gas and high unemployment....then again the GOP has blown a golden opportunity to date...
Heh. Subliminally, I was thinking “four more years” last night.
OTOH, maybe it will come off like the +100 point DJIA/OBL ramp today!
Prices at the gas pumps will soon take care of any poll bumps.
Who needs an economy or a job when osama’s gone room temp?
Give it a month and people are going to say “What have you done lately besides wreck our country?”
Obama does not care about this! He is too busy working for CTU. Cloe downloaded the mansion layout for Bin Laden’s mansion to Obama’s PDA then Obama breached the mansion and shot Bin Laden in his bed! Obama is the new Jack Bauer and a ninja too!
I’m sure Obama regrets OBL’s death this
far from the elections.
Obama will remain the same toe tappin’
golf swinging, peasant taxing guy he’s
always been. And when he’s gone, the
peasants will rejoice... again.
It is a long time until November 2012, but Obama’s reelection chances have looked good for awhile and now they look even better.
Won’t help Obama’s bid even if this WH produces HVTs killed by our SEALs (’at my direction’) every month.
Reality has the ugly habit of rearing its head.....
Only if Bin Laden’s death results in lower gas prices.
The hangover’s going to be a bitch.
All this does is show that the people approved of the decision to take out Bin Landen. It does not show over all approval of the President. The Navy Seals took Bin Laden out, not the President.
Wait until people throughout this country have to fill up their cars this week...his numbers will again start tanking...
Well Obama DID finally give the go-ahead.
We all know that Clinton refused and the opportunity was lost.
Jus’ sayin’...can’t take it away from Obama.
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