rayboyusmc
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Sept. 2 (Bloomberg) -- The smart money thinks there's a better chance today than yesterday that John McCain will dump Sarah Palin as his running mate.
Before the Republican senator's presidential campaign disclosed the pregnancy of Palin's 17-year-old daughter, bookmakers in Britain and Ireland were offering 20-1 odds or higher on a bet that she would be forced off the ticket, meaning a 1 pound ($1.78) bet would pay 20 pounds. Now that same bet will pay no more than 8 pounds.
``While it is rare that a VP candidate gets dropped, it's not completely impossible,'' said Ken Robertson, political betting analyst at Paddy Power Plc, a Dublin-based gambling company. ``Lots of our punters are betting `Shocking' Sarah's days are numbered,'' he added, using a nickname he came up with for the first-term Alaska governor.
She doesn't know the territory despite what Cindy said about her foreign experience being in that Alaska is so close to Russia.
He will have to pick another woman now, but hopefully one who has real experience. I can fire a rifle too, but that don't make me VP material. And I can hit the bullseye too.
McCain More Likely to Drop Palin, Bookmakers Say - Yahoo! News