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Among bettors, Perry now bests Romney for 2012 nod
The Washington Times ^

Posted on 07/21/2011 11:06:18 PM PDT by Rick_Michael

News-futures website Intrade...Mr. Perry’s nomination odds reached a high of 33 percent Thursday morning, eclipsing Mr. Romney for the first time. Mr. Romney, trading at 32 percent,.....

Mrs. Bachmann’s odds have dropped from highs of 22 percent a few days ago to slightly less than 10 percent after a report by the Daily Caller revealed that she suffered from debilitating migraines....

Bettors give President Obama a 57 percent chance of getting re-elected

(Excerpt) Read more at washingtontimes.com ...


TOPICS: News/Current Events; Politics/Elections
KEYWORDS: 2012; bachmann; intrade; migraine; perry; rickperry; romney
I may believe the former ie Perry may get the nomination, but I think Obama is a losing bet. That trade WILL change in the coming months, I'm sure.
1 posted on 07/21/2011 11:06:20 PM PDT by Rick_Michael
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To: Rick_Michael

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Quality Free Republic Perry Links : 2002
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RINO TX Gov. Perry trashes GOP Platform, disagrees with 50% of planks, supports only 7
http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/news/715523/posts

“PASTOR ARRESTED FOR PREACHING”
http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/news/723946/posts
This article states, “Texas Gov. Rick Perry didn’t really want a ‘hate-crimes’ bill to land
on his desk. But when it did, he signed it inside of three hours.“

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Quality Free Republic Perry Links : 2003
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Laredo Democrat Accuses Governor Perry of “Political Blackmail”
http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-news/931825/posts

http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-news/1030247/posts
In the last Texas governor’s race, the “white” Republican candidate, Rick Perry (BTW, isn’t Perry a common
Melungeon name?) was darker complected than the “minority” Democrat candidate, Tony Sanchez,
who was very obviously of the Caucasian race, with fair skin, blue eyes, and, at a younger age, light brown hair.

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Quality Free Republic Perry Links : 2004
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TX Primary Analysis (How RINO Gov. Perry nominated a Democrat environmental wacko to our courts)
http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-news/1095994/posts

State approves bid for I-35 toll alternative (hmmm, I wonder...)
http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-news/1303145/posts
Gov. Rick Perry, who proposed the 4,000-mile Trans-Texas Corridor during the 2002
election campaign, made an unusual appearance at today’s commission meeting, joining
the commissioners on the dais for a long presentation on the I-35 alternative.

Texas Gov. Perry denies reports about divorce, infidelity
http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-news/1091259/posts

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Quality Free Republic Perry Links : 2005
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Perry names judge in Houston (re-appoints judge who got the boot by voters in the GOP primary)
http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-news/1352512/posts
If Perry was anymore of a rino he would be grey with a horn in his forehead.

Perry, Hutchison stand apart on toll road legislation issue (Trans-Texas Corridor)
http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-news/1401995/posts
If this ole Texan has anything to do with it he won’t be re-elected. Even if I have to vote for a dead democrat.

Plano, TX: “Officials lay bricks in symbolic start for Muslim center”
http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-news/1427422/posts
Gov. Rick Perry flew in to lay the first ceremonial brick for the center’s foundation.

Alternative plans for Trans-Texas Corridor take shape
http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-news/1355408/posts


2 posted on 07/21/2011 11:17:42 PM PDT by truthfreedom
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To: Rick_Michael

I’d say Obama is no better than 50/50.

While his record on the economy and Obamacare work against him, he can always fall back on the stupidity of the American electorate.


3 posted on 07/21/2011 11:19:13 PM PDT by Retired Greyhound
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To: Rick_Michael
Romney: Money can't buy me love!
4 posted on 07/21/2011 11:29:01 PM PDT by iowamark
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To: Rick_Michael

This is BS. Like Intrade is some sort of infallible source. What stops the Regime from manipulating these bets. All it takes is cash. There is no evidence that a President with these polls and this disaster of an economy can be reelected.


5 posted on 07/21/2011 11:35:49 PM PDT by Lazlo in PA (Now living in a newly minted Red State.)
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To: Lazlo in PA
What stops the Regime from manipulating these bets. All it takes is cash.

Espicially when the volume of trading is small.

6 posted on 07/21/2011 11:38:22 PM PDT by Doofer
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To: Lazlo in PA

well.. an incumbent always has an advantage, especially when his exact challenger hasn’t even emerged yet.


7 posted on 07/22/2011 3:29:26 AM PDT by TexasFreeper2009 (Obama = Epic Fail)
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To: truthfreedom

Don’t forget the Gardisil links.


8 posted on 07/22/2011 3:33:36 AM PDT by ViLaLuz (2 Chronicles 7:14)
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To: ViLaLuz
lol

good one!

You can tell how scared the left is of Perry, they have come out in force trying to besmirch him.

9 posted on 07/22/2011 3:36:35 AM PDT by TexasFreeper2009 (Obama = Epic Fail)
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To: Rick_Michael

Clearly these bettors are not our betters.


10 posted on 07/22/2011 3:41:24 AM PDT by 9YearLurker
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To: Rick_Michael

Bachmann is far better than Perry..
Perry has the stink of McLame on him.. and the odor of moderate..


11 posted on 07/22/2011 4:26:48 AM PDT by hosepipe (This propaganda has been edited to include some fully orbed hyperbole...)
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To: hosepipe

It’s not about who can win the republican nomination. It’s about who can win the general. Bachman won’t beat obama. I want that commie POS out more than anything right now. At least 4 years of Perry won’t be the final nail in the American coffin.


12 posted on 07/22/2011 4:34:55 AM PDT by jersey117
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To: Retired Greyhound
he can always fall back on the stupidity of the American electorate.

That's his trump card. He knows he can do whatever he wants, including running the country in the ground, and still get re-elected because his supporters are dumber than rocks.
13 posted on 07/22/2011 5:53:05 AM PDT by rjeffries
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To: Rick_Michael
Perry will become the go-to guy.

He isn't Romney/Romneycare/Mormon. That puts him ahead of Romney.

He isn't radically [snicker, I could write for MSM] conservative like Bachmann. That puts him ahead of her.

If/when he announces, Palin will probably not run.

Perry can pull votes from the establishment/moderate GOP and from the more conservative GOP. That puts him in a good position to get enough support to win the nomination.

All in all, Perry is 1000 times preferable to the 2008 GOP nominee.

14 posted on 07/22/2011 5:53:23 AM PDT by TomGuy
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To: jersey117
It’s not about who can win the republican nomination. It’s about who can win the general. Bachman won’t beat obama. I want that commie POS out more than anything right now. At least 4 years of Perry won’t be the final nail in the American coffin.

I'm with you all the way. My goal is to dislodge this commie/muzzie-lovin imposter from my WH and I think Perry is our best bet to do it. It looks like we have our choice of Perry or Romney and I'll take Perry.

15 posted on 07/22/2011 7:01:41 AM PDT by Conservativegreatgrandma
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To: jersey117

[ It’s about who can win the general. Bachman won’t beat obama. ]

Be careful Polls are wholly for manipulating the weak minded..
Most already have their minds made up about Obama..
Pee wee Herman could beat Obama..

So soon “they” forget Nov. 2010... which was a rehearsal for Nov. 2012..
The TpCaucus is and has been growing and growing since then...
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=wCfWHqrYUqo


16 posted on 07/22/2011 10:46:22 AM PDT by hosepipe (This propaganda has been edited to include some fully orbed hyperbole...)
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To: ViLaLuz

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Quality Free Republic Perry Links : 2007 (Part I - Gardasil)
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Downright eerie how Perry’s people talked about Merck product on same day Merck gave Perry money
http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-news/1790722/posts
I wonder how many people actually believe it when the governor’s office says it was just a coincidence that the drug company Merck
donated $5,000 to Rick Perry’s campaign on the same day Perry’s people discussed Merck’s HPV vaccine.

Perry orders anti-cancer vaccine for schoolgirls
http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-news/1778223/posts
I find it to be a huge intrusion by goverment to MANDATE that any American be injected with ANYTHING.

Gov Perry’s HPV vaccination order angers pro-family group
http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-news/1780119/posts
I held my nose and voted for him the last election, The last time I will ever vote for the least evil.

Passed Signed Into Law (Texas Legislature)
http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-news/1841432/posts
PASSED, BECOMING LAW WITHOUT SIGNATURE
Cervical Cancer Vaccine: Blocks state officials from following Gov. Rick Perry’s order requiring the vaccine against the
human papillomavirus for sixth-grade girls. The vaccine protects against strains of the sexually transmitted virus
that cause most cases of cervical cancer.

(Vanity) Gardasil and the Reproductive Rights Agenda
http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-bloggers/1786731/posts
Today, Texas governor Rick Perry signed the order requiring this vaccination.

Injecting Speed - Why the rush to require the HPV vaccine?
http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-news/1788355/posts
Texas Gov. Rick Perry skipping the debate entirely this month by issuing an executive order which, he insists, cannot be repealed by the legislature.

Mandating Gardasil: A Gross Infringement On Parental Rights
http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-news/1782135/posts
In a statement released Jan 22, the American College of Pediatrics noted that mandating Gardasil
for school attendance “is a serious, precedent-setting action” replacing parental medical decision making with government regulations.
Likewise, Focus on the Family warned last year, that state officials, not parents, would become the
primary sexual-health decision makers for America’s children

Merck’s [HPV] vaccine tied to 3 deaths [Company lobbied states for shots to be required]
http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-news/1840290/posts
Texas Gov. Rick Perry in February issued an executive order requiring those vaccinations,
but the state legislature rescinded it, citing those concerns.


17 posted on 07/22/2011 1:30:03 PM PDT by truthfreedom
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To: Rick_Michael
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18 posted on 07/23/2011 1:39:47 PM PDT by patriot08 (TEXAS GAL- born and bred and proud of it!)
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