Tag Archives: VPs

The ubber president of the Pennock fan club responds to Felix Salmon.

Posted on August 29, 2008 by Chris F. Masse

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Sarah… Who?

Posted on August 29, 2008 by Chris F. Masse

She is at 59% as I type this. (Sorry for my previous post about Mitt Romney. I consulted the political news websites before InTrade. )

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Mitt Romney [or Sarah Palin] will be the Republican vice presidential nominee.

Posted on August 29, 2008 by Chris F. Masse

Tim Pawlenty won’t go in Dayton, Ohio. So, it’s Mitt Romney. The play-money and real-money prediction markets were easily fooled with the Pawlenty rumors, yesterday. That vindicates my message that the VP prediction markets feed on unreliable primary indicators. I … Continue reading →

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Tim… Who?

Posted on August 29, 2008 by Chris F. Masse

Link to the InTrade prediction market. Below, I try to hot-link to the chart, I’m not sure at this point it will work. We will see.

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A noun, a verb, and POW

Posted on August 28, 2008 by Chris F. Masse

John McCain will announce soon who will be the Republican vice presidential nominee. Reading the Press this early Thursday morning does not give any insider’s clues. New York Times Politico – - Will Mitt Romney be McCain’s Vice Presidential nominee?

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The vetting of the many potential Democratic vice president nominees was not as secretive as I thought. — Bo Cowgill was right, in hindsight.

Posted on August 24, 2008 by Chris F. Masse

The New York Times has a recount on how Barack Obama reached his decision on Joe Biden. The final decision was probably made 10 days ago, while Barack Obama was vacationing in Hawaii. [...] Mr. Obama’s decision had as much … Continue reading →

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Never trust a politician.

Posted on August 23, 2008 by Chris F. Masse

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Barack Obama + Joe Biden — THE PREDICTION MARKETS NAILED IT… triple alas (for my reputation as a world-wide prediction market pundit, and for the debate on the different quality of the various primary indicators out there).

Posted on August 23, 2008 by Chris F. Masse

“Friend — I have some important news that I want to make official. I’ve chosen Joe Biden to be my running mate.” Some blogger says his wife is fantastic. New York Times portrait of Joe Biden. UPDATE: Barack Obama‘s speech … Continue reading →

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While InTrade CEO John Delaney is deceiving the journalists to sell his wares, Tom Snee of the Iowa Electronic Markets is telling them the truth: BEWARE THE VP-CANDIDATE PREDICTION MARKETS, THEY JUST AGGREGATE RUMORS.

Posted on August 22, 2008 by Chris F. Masse

BBC News: According to Tom Snee of the Iowa Electronic Market, at Iowa University, futures markets need more hard information than they get in the veepstakes, to reliably predict a result. Markets are very good at predicting elections, he says … Continue reading →

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Barack Obama drops hints about who his VP candidate will be. — Might be Evan Bayh.

Posted on August 21, 2008 by Chris F. Masse

Time: QUESTION: One of the biggest moments in the campaign is going to be your announcement of a vice president. What is that decision going to tell voters about you? BARACK OBAMA: Hopefully, the same thing that my campaign has … Continue reading →

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