The Odds on the 2012 Presidential Election: Romney, Palin, Gingrich, Jindal and More

As of February 2010, the three most reliable polls show the majority of Americans, did want and do want a change, but not the change we have had so far. Obama has not and probably will not live up to the expectations that many Americans had for him, and that he promised to deliver. He is like a dog that chases a car, now that he has cought the Presidency , he does not know what to do with it. The majority of his appointments have been a fiasco,making fools of themselves and Obama by stupid statements that they have made. The President has spent a year on health care, the American people want action on the ecconomy, not health care. The President seems not to care what the majority of Americans want and need but to follow his own agenda at whatever cost to the country. If the Republicans run a strong candidate , not McCain or Palin, then Obama will be a one term president.

Mike Keller of TX 3:40PM February 16, 2010

This isn't about anything other than a wager. To the person above who likes an unknown, please don't tell me who to bet on. I can pick my own losers. You said, "I'd put my money on,,,", well then, go ahead an put your money on that person. There are tons of places that will accept your wager. If he is an unknown that person will be a 'field' bet. That includes any and all candidates not included in the list of 'known' candidates. For the person who says 'evict both parties', all I can say is WTF? See a doctor, get help soon. I see your insane blabber in 50% of the comments I read. Talk about off-topic. Anyway, the moneyline on Obama is -140, for every $140 you wager you win $100 dollars. McCain is +10000. A real long shot.

What I do is try to convince people who will blindly follow their choice to the Gates of Hell to make a wager with me. I follow pailin's crowd on facebook. A lot of folks believe she will be the next president. I get them riled up to the point of 'put your money where your mouth is' and try to get them to bet on palin even-steven. It's a stone sucker bet. palin is +2000. some people get so stoned during elections they don't think straight. It's hard because you have to arrange the actual wager and it is difficult indeed when pressed to put up or shut up most people stand down. Rather than a lot of small bets I like a few monsters. An agreement is drawn up and money is deposited in an interest bearing account. You'd be surprised how many people do follow through.

My feeling is bet on Obama while he's still at good odds. The longer he's in office the better chance he has on staying there. Good Luck

John Bowler of WI 12:40AM December 01, 2009

DONOT DONOT! have any of the former people run in the next election all of them have been tested and shot down---We have to have a person who is YOUNG FRESH HIGHLY INTELLIGENT AND A MAGNETIC PERSONA. I think the world of the former candidates, but they are flat---Sara Palin is a wonderful wonderful person, whom I admire greatly, but the conservatives are the only ones un-fortunately that see her that way. The statesman have all had their day and fell flat

Now is a time for a dark horse--who will set the country on

fire with his brillance and love of God and country to over shadeow the left in Washington, if we donot have a person such as this who will draw the masses we are in the DUMPSTER-IT IS

A WAR BETWEEN GOOD AND EVIL.

JJ of MI 2:10PM August 13, 2009

If history is any guide, a bad economy will always dominate a presidential election. We're just six months into the Obama administration, so it's hard to see just how effective its policies will ultimately be, or how much support Obama will have from Congress. If the economy does not improve noticeably--or if it worsens--the GOP will turn to a candidate whom it perceives can more deal effectively with it. This will not be John McCain, whom the 2008 election discredited as a potential President. As the Obama campaign's political advertising pointed out, a vote for McCain was a vote for more of the same policies we saw in the very unpopular Bush administration.

My guess is that Republican voters will take a closer look at Mitt Romney as we approach 2012. Romney is already behaving like a presidential candidate, and he seems to be in the best position of any potential candidate to revive an economy burdened by excessive taxation and unsustainable federal spending. If he keeps his message consistent for the next four years, he should be able to overcome the stigma attached to having changed his position on certain issues prior to the 2008 race. And if the economy worsens, there will likely be less concern in the GOP's core constituency about his religion than there was in the last election season.

The most serious mistake Romney could make would be to continue advocating an aggressive foreign policy--the kind that Bush pursued and that McCain would probably have taken a step or two further. War is vastly more expensive than peace, and whatever good Romney might be able to do for the economy would be seriously hampered, if not ruined, by more military adventurism.

Alex of MT 5:05PM July 10, 2009