7.20.2005

2008: Republican nomination

Odds for the Republican Presidential nomination, calculated from the mid-point of the bid/ask spread on Tradesports this morning:



ContenderOdds
George Allen4.1 : 1
John McCain4.4 : 1
Bill Frist7.2 : 1
Rudy Giuliani7.2 : 1
Mitt Romney10.4 : 1
Jeb Bush14.5 : 1
Chuck Hagel17.3 : 1
Condoleezza Rice18.6 : 1
Mike Huckabee34.1 : 1
Dick Cheney36.7 : 1
Newt Gingrich36.7 : 1
George Pataki40.7 : 1
Tim Pawlenty49 : 1
Colin Powell57.8 : 1
Rick Santorum75.9 : 1
Bill Owens 75.9 : 1
Tommy Thompson 82.3 : 1
Mark Sanford86 : 1
Sam Brownback89.9 : 1
Arnold Schwarzenegger152.8 : 1
Lindsey Graham 180.8 : 1
Haley Barbour249 : 1
Michael Bloomberg284.7 : 1
Tom Ridge499 : 1
Elizabeth Dole 665.7 : 1
Tommy Franks999 : 1


Having been out of the country for a few years, and never having been an East Coaster, I'm not up to speed on George Allen. Here's a good place to start.


NEWT GINGRICH????

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