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The Potomac Primaries and of course Super Tuesday results taken into account. Bookmaker has Barack Obama as the betting favorite to be elected President of the United States in the 2008 Presidential Election.

Obama is -110 in the POTUS race. Fellow Democrat Hillary Clinton is +205, while Republican John McCain is +220. The field, which would include any independent or third-party candidate, is +7000.

RealClearPolitics.com, which has among its most popular features, a consensus of all the national polls, has hypothetical primary election match-ups quite close. Obama has a 47.7-44 percent lead over John McCain, but McCain gets the upper hand against Clinton 47-45.2.

McCain is struggling with support among conservatives. According to sports betting expert Joe Duffy, no political novice either, “Many conservatives will stay home if Obama is the Democratic nominee, but if it’s Clinton, it will be as simple as ABC,” Duffy pauses, “Anybody but Clinton.”

Though McCain is the presumed Republican nominee, the Democratic race is tight, but perhaps not says according to the oddsmakers. Bookmaker has Obama a prohibitive -260 favorite to be the party nominee, with once-frontrunner Clinton now at +200.

According to Duffy, Clinton is a live dog. “The Clinton machine is ruthless,” Duffy said reminding bettors of Bill Clinton’s nickname this time 16 years ago, “The Comeback Kid”.

BetUs Sportsbook allows the more general bet of which party will win the White House. Democrats are -225, while Republicans are +175.

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