Wednesday, August 8, 2012

Romney vs. Obama: The Oddsmakers Weigh In

From SmartMoney:
Memo to all those American sports fans -- and journalists -- in London for the Olympic Games: While you're there, try doing a few things that are illegal back here in the "land of the free."...
 ...Do you think you know who'll win? The U.K. bookies now heavily favor Obama: He's quoted at 2/5, compared with 15/8 for Romney. Put another way, they currently give Obama a roughly 70% chance of winning, against 35% for Romney. (Those odds have moved sharply towards Obama in recent weeks, following Romney's missteps, although the polls in the U.S. don't reflect that.)...MORE