It's Official: Trump Is Now The Bookies' Favorite

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With Hillary's demise accelerating, and Trump's lead over the GOP field surging, it appears the "money" has finally figured it out. For the first time during this campaign, Trump has become the bookies' favorite to win the Republican nomination, surging past Bush who it appears has finally lost the real "money" backers...

 

Sopurce: PredictIt.org

Of course, this should not be a surprise...

 

Even after last night's debate slugfest - the lead remains as wide as ever.

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Fri, 01/15/2016 - 14:10 | 7051853 NotApplicable
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You mean people who believe in the evil that is politics get what they deserve. "America" is but an abstract concept that exists only if you believe it does.

Fri, 01/15/2016 - 14:23 | 7051932 roadhazard
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Yes, It was open ended. Feel free to elaborate upon it at your leisure.

Fri, 01/15/2016 - 20:15 | 7053649 willwork4food
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I will jump in on this one. Yes they do deserve what they voted in. The reality of all the candidates focus is building American military stronger, giving the "tools" to the .gov to stop terrorists, and bending over for Israel. What exactly has changed?

Fri, 01/15/2016 - 14:07 | 7051823 yogibear
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And Karl Rove and his minions tried to destroy Trump, going for Bush or Christie.

The mainstream liberal GOP is panicking right about now. 

Fri, 01/15/2016 - 14:08 | 7051827 mandalou
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bookies trying to even out the action is all. Normal in vegas. Vegas likes 50% to 50% as they make money like the duke and duke brothers. The vig or juice as some call it.

Fri, 01/15/2016 - 14:08 | 7051839 PoasterToaster
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The bookies are always right.

Fri, 01/15/2016 - 14:16 | 7051887 Silky Johnson
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You obviously missed the last Rousey fight

Fri, 01/15/2016 - 21:34 | 7053954 Bazza McKenzie
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So how come the odds keep changing?  They were wrong before they were wrong before they were right?

Fri, 01/15/2016 - 14:08 | 7051840 Soul Glow
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My step father knows him and says Trump is a stand up guy.  What's funny is that I thought my step father is a liberal.  

Fri, 01/15/2016 - 14:17 | 7051898 mandalou
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you have bad company.

Fri, 01/15/2016 - 15:53 | 7052390 August
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And I have a friend whose father was a pal of David Rockefeller.

Says he was a real asshole.

Fri, 01/15/2016 - 19:17 | 7053371 AMPALANCE
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I work with someone who was a chef in one of his cassino's in AC, says the same thing, and that he was always humble and approachable.

Fri, 01/15/2016 - 14:09 | 7051847 ineedsmoney
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Could it be Trump v. Sanders?  God help us.

Fri, 01/15/2016 - 14:11 | 7051862 NotApplicable
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Don't worry, Bloomberg is waiting in the wings to save you from this breakdown of the norms.

Fri, 01/15/2016 - 14:15 | 7051878 OregonGrown
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End of the world?

Its all good!

Fri, 01/15/2016 - 14:21 | 7051925 orangegeek
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Trump vs Warren

Fri, 01/15/2016 - 14:31 | 7051967 gatorengineer
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Let me take it a step further for you Trump / Cruz vs Warren / Corey Booker

Fri, 01/15/2016 - 14:46 | 7052061 will ling
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not far-fetched.

Fri, 01/15/2016 - 21:32 | 7053948 Bazza McKenzie
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Warren is one of the few relatively clean skins the Dems have left.  But timing is going to kill them.  Warren is not in the primaries and has no time to get set up.  If Clinton drops out that leaves the primaries to Bernie to wrap up and Bernie is not going to give up his post.  They can try to roll Bernie at the convention with all those unelected delegates Clinton claims to have pledged, but then all those young supporters for Bernie will dismember the Dems at the convention.

The simple fact is that the presumption of Clinton's "turn" has kept other relatively reasonable candidates out of the race while all of Clinton's past is catching up with her with a vengance leaving the Dems in an impossible situation.

Sun, 01/17/2016 - 05:47 | 7057418 roddy6667
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I was going to vote for the Charlie Sheen/Rodney King ticket. They would do less than all these politicians. Too bad Charlie got AIDS and Rodney met the pool shark. Oh, well, I'll just go back to not voting. It has been just as effective as voting.

Fri, 01/15/2016 - 14:12 | 7051860 CheapBastard
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People are finally realizing Trump as the fellow who is the only one with common sense. He's not a life-long blood-sucking parasite, he's not a bull shitter, he reconizes refugees for the risk they are and he actually reconizes that America's middle class is in crisis mode.

He listens when the head of the FBI says, "it's impossible to vet all the refugees for tearrists." Soweto, Clinton and some others seem to be deaf.

 

No other candidate seems to understand that.

Even middle class blacks realize what a disaster Barry has been for them.

 

jmho

Fri, 01/15/2016 - 14:13 | 7051873 surf0766
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In the early 90's when he restructured his loans, the bank I was working for gave layoffs to 66% of their employees the next quarter.

 

Fuck you and your "he is not a blood-sucking parasite". During his bankruptcy he would not decrease his living expenses.

 

 

Fri, 01/15/2016 - 14:21 | 7051919 ParkAveFlasher
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Trump will be installed in order to best stiff America's creditors.

Fri, 01/15/2016 - 14:34 | 7051969 Duc888
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surf0766: "bank I was working for gave layoffs to 66% of their employees the next quarter."

 

Big fucking deal.  Restructuring loans is a bad thing?  That's business.  Any time a fucking employee does not like it, they can start their own gdamned business.  That's called capitalism.

 

I just called up Comcast and told them I was not happy with their price increase.  They just backed off and gave me 2 years at their pre-increase prices.

Fri, 01/15/2016 - 14:40 | 7052024 mandalou
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So did you lose your job?

Fri, 01/15/2016 - 14:53 | 7052079 Duc888
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dupe

 

Fri, 01/15/2016 - 14:51 | 7052084 Duc888
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"So did you lose your job"?

 

So get another job for chrisssakes and stop whining.  Does an employer OWE you a job?  No.  Shit happens...if you're not happy start your own company or business.

 

Fri, 01/15/2016 - 15:00 | 7052123 surf0766
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I did.  I have no problem with it. But Bubba Trump does get to stand up there telling everyone how he will Maker Merkia great again because he cares so much when he doesn't and hasn't given a shit about anyone but himself . Every.

Fri, 01/15/2016 - 15:01 | 7052129 surf0766
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And I guess you support him.  Please change your name to Reggie.

Fri, 01/15/2016 - 15:19 | 7052203 mandalou
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They love micro jew penis. You got to let these people be, so they can finish destroying our country. They forget nobody on this planet will save them. Especially an actor/politician.

Fri, 01/15/2016 - 14:12 | 7051867 AgainstYourThought
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I placed my bet at 11/2 odds. Bet 90 to win 500. I'm trying to decide what I'll spend my winnings on.

Fri, 01/15/2016 - 15:35 | 7052310 Nero_Hedge
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Guns, food, Pb, Ag, Au

Fri, 01/15/2016 - 15:44 | 7052359 AgainstYourThought
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I was thinking hookers and blow but your suggestions are good too

Fri, 01/15/2016 - 22:10 | 7054038 SilverRhino
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Hookers and silver.

If the economy crashes, silver will get you more hookers.

Sun, 01/17/2016 - 05:49 | 7057420 roddy6667
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I spent most of my money on hookers and blow. The rest I just plain wasted.

Fri, 01/15/2016 - 14:42 | 7052018 wobblie
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You deserve to suffer if you vote for these turds  (or the Democrats).

 

Fri, 01/15/2016 - 14:42 | 7052021 wobblie
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You deserve to suffer if you vote for these turds  (or the Democrats).

 

Fri, 01/15/2016 - 14:40 | 7052022 henry chucho
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In a national election,he'll get less thn 5% of Latin and Black votes,which means he has no chance of winning Florida,New York,or California,and a 0% chance to become the next President..

Fri, 01/15/2016 - 15:06 | 7052151 John_Coltrane
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What makes you think either group will bother to vote for a white democrat?

Fri, 01/15/2016 - 20:42 | 7053764 Faeriedust
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They always have.  And they're hardly going to vote for a white male Republicrat.  

Fri, 01/15/2016 - 15:19 | 7052211 Early Retirement
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Republicans don't need to win New York or California.

Democrats need to win Florida.

The Jew vote in Florida will be big for Hillary, but honestly Florida just "holds serve" for her.

Fri, 01/15/2016 - 15:35 | 7052309 jtz5
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Here's what happens...

 

FBI busts Hillary, no jail time, but no more campaign.  Biden steps in to "save" the Dem party, without having to campaign until the general election.  Biden wins (because of his heroic act) and we basically get 4 more years of O.

 

Woo hoo...

 

/s

Fri, 01/15/2016 - 15:36 | 7052322 Nero_Hedge
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Not bad....your reasoning I mean, not the scenario you outline

Fri, 01/15/2016 - 17:48 | 7053035 Bazza McKenzie
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If Biden steps in Trump will paste him with every rotten, incompetent and treacherous Obama decision, since Biden was there smiling throughout and Biden will be unable to reject it or persuade anyone that he would not be a continuation of the current disaster.

And Biden knows Trump will do it so hard he'll be lucky to stay out of hospital.  That's why Biden already decided not to get into the ring.  Had Biden been willing to run, the Obama DOJ would have stepped up the pressure on Clinton behind the scenes so she dropped out for health or other personal reasons.  Because Biden wasn't willing to take on Trump, Obama has let Clinton run.

Trump has been smacking everyone who got in his way and his numbers keep going up.  Clinton thought she'd get him on being mean to women and she'd have Bill, who used to be the likable Clinton, come out and campaign for her.  Trump was immediately out in public that Bill is an abuser of women and Hillary has been his enabler, something none of the other Republican schmucks would say.  And suddenly the press is discussing this previously forbidden issue, Hillary is damaged goods and Bill has retired hurt.

Biden knows Trump is a truly bare knuckle fighter and when you have given him as much ammunition as Obama has, it is fatal to go up against him.

Fri, 01/15/2016 - 20:06 | 7053618 RopeADope
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Except you forgot about the Clinton/Biden "Put every black person in prison to collect some campaign contributions and foundation donations from Corrections Corp et al" bill that was passed back in 1994.

You think with black people up in arms this year they would allow that to happen?

Guaranteed Trump win.

Fri, 01/15/2016 - 14:47 | 7052064 Raul44
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Trump`s chart look like FX trading to me. I see triangle followed by break to the upside, now in small bull flag looking to break up further. I see 40 as minimum, probably 45 or so. Also there wasnt climax yet so trend should continue for a while, at least to 45 or more before reversal.

Fri, 01/15/2016 - 15:14 | 7052186 Koolcatt
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Carson 2016

Fri, 01/15/2016 - 15:44 | 7052354 hound dog vigilante
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Carson... nice man. smart man.

Unfortunately, he'll be the next candidate out of the race.  He'll place 4th or worse in IA, and 6th or worse in NH... then he'll have no choice but to call it quits.

Fri, 01/15/2016 - 15:23 | 7052242 kerfuffled
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Hail Trump.

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