Anyone Betting On Romney?

[Alf Walters]

Hi all,
I am thinking of betting on Obama for a largish amount of money.
I live in the UK and think Romney hasn't a chance as he is bound to make serious gaffs.
Obama is cool and never seems to slip up in a major way.
From folks in the USA am I right that Romney has no real hope?
Give me some opinions please.

[rotarysteve]

Gosh,

IMHO, I'd not bet on either of em' tho advantage obama For those who follow the odds

They're both presenting the "gaff's"

I'm in a so-called swing state.... hmmmmm

Ain't quite sure yet, hopefully the lesser of two evil's........

[rotarysteve]

Here is a link you can copy/paste that may prove interesting...... Ohio is a very good predictor of who will win.

http://www.270towin.com/states/Ohio

"disclaimer" the link is not a guarantee of anything from me, just something to look at....

[Alf Walters]

Thanks that is interesting,
I watched Obama's speech just now and think he really has the zeitgeist on his side.
But I don't know just how bad poverty is in the US today.
Some programmes I have seen show terrible conditions and tent cities etc.
But I think Obama will win so I will back him.

[grant]

What is the return for placing a bet on each of them ? Is it with the bookies over there in the UK ?

My gut feeling is Obama all the way. But we get fed news from the media down here only what they want us to know, not always what is the true situation is.

Good luck with your bet.

Cheers
Grant

[FrankV]

Personally, I don't think the Republicans have a prayer of getting any candidate elected President this time around. Just my opinion, though. I wouldn't bet on it.

[DSL Guy]

Most polls tend to project that this race is very close.

I am politically active, not saying which direction I lean, I talk to many past Obama supporters who are not crazy for Obama anymore and they like Romney.

Independents and Undecideds are who these guys are campaigning at. Many voters are up on a wall, which is pretty amazing to me considering the political line that has been drawn. Many are new voters just graduating and most of these young people tend to vote first then ask questions later.

There is a huge difference between the 2 candidates and which way the country will go.

Voter fraud is also going to play a huge role, I'm not sure how low the parties will stoop in this election but I can imagine.

One thing for sure, Obama pulls this one out of his hat, Republican party will go to the wayside and a third major party will spring out of this, Tea Party Style.

[Alf Walters]

We had a hung govt last time round and many say the liberal democrats are finished for joining the conservatives and not labour as all of their election pledges have been broken.
I have bet £1000 on Obama and he is a favourite but not by as much as I would have thought.
The media in the UK such as the BBC have a heck of a lot of intellectual debate and talk in between the news headlines and they seem a bit edgy about Romney's religious views as we tend to separate church and state by and large.
Blair got such bad media due to his open protestant faith.

I think he race will get closer but Romney seems more gaff prone whereas Obama can seem aloof and intellectual to the common man.
We'll see, one thing is for sure, I LOVE elections and all the whole who ha about it.

[DSL Guy]

I think the race will get closer but Romney seems more gaff prone whereas Obama can seem aloof and intellectual to the common man.

Might be due to the Liberal lean of the media... to project Romney as Gaff versus Obama as Intellectual, you think?

Trouble is the last few supposed Gaffs by Romney were actually facts. haha
How the electorate handles it now? Well, I pity America if it gets 4 more years of what we've been getting.

[DSL Guy]

Here is a very recent report (within the last 10 minutes) of a Community College Assistant Teacher, now on unpaid leave, getting investigated regarding student complaints she was possibly trying to tie voting for Obama & All Democrats on the ticket this November 6th to their grade in that class.

http://miami.cbslocal.com/2012/09/18...ote-for-obama/