Posted on 06/27/2012 2:34:01 PM PDT by blam
The Odds Overwhelmingly Say That Obamacare Is Finished
Brett LoGiurato
Jun. 27, 2012, 4:20 PM
As the Supreme Court prepares to hand down its decision on the Affordable Care Act on Thursday, the only market offering its prediction thinks its key element will be ruled unconstitutional.
The Ireland-based InTrade market has the odds of the Supreme Court overturning the individual mandate at 75.5 percent as of this post. Here's a look at how it's changed over time:
Intrade
The odds spiked into the 60-percent range after March's oral arguments were deemed a disaster for President Barack Obama and his signature piece of legislation. The only time it had climbed over 50 percent was in December, when the Supreme Court decided it would hear the case.
Intrade has been an inaccurate predictor before. For example, Newt Gingrich and Rick Perry were, at one point, better bets than Mitt Romney to win the Republican nomination.
The odds of overturning the individual mandate by next year are even greater, according to Intrade:
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From your chart to God's ears.
From your chart to God's ears.
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From your chart to God's ears.
From your chart to God's ears.
From your chart to God's ears.
From your chart to God's ears.
From your chart to God's ears.
If it does get voted down, I will expect to see obama’s intrade numbers head for the bottom of the deep blue sea.
As my mom used to say “Don’t count your chickens before there are hatched.†Roberts scares me - he is not a reliable vote for strict constitutionalism - maybe another “swingerâ€? Or he is allowing politics to cloud his decision?
23 times. I think that’s a record.
Wow, 23 duplicate posts might be a record. Sticky mouse?
one more time!
What? :-)
I wouldn’t be surprised Clinton give a friendly call to Ms. Ruth and told her to help screw over O on this one.
Stuff the ballot box! ;^)
Agreed.
“I wouldn’t be surprised Clinton give a friendly call to Ms. Ruth and told her to help screw over O on this one.”
Good point. I believe we’ll see the clintonistas voting to strike down obamacare.
STOP IT!
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