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  • Betting odds for 2010 elections

    http://www.paddypower.com/bet/other-...grp_ids=360192

    Here's a list for individual Senate races.

    Angle and Reid have the same odds.

    The odds that interest me the most are those in Connecticut, New York, West Virginia and Wisconsin.

    First, Connecticut has a pretty unappealing Democratic candidate in Blumenthal. Linda McMahon asked him a simple question during the debate, "how do you create a job" and Blumenthal's response was downright Miss Teen South Carolina-ish. That debate occurred on Monday or Tuesday and Blumenthal's response should be turned into a campaign ad. McMahon has a little bit of baggage due to the WWE, but I don't think that's a big deal. She's well-funded and seems to be a pretty good candidate. Her odds are 7/2.

    Second, Gioguardi has 7/1 odds in New York. The polls in this race have been all over the map, but all have favored Gillibrand. Some of the better polls have this race between 10 and 6 points. The odds are intriguing when paired with reputable outfits putting this race at 6 points.

    Russ Feingold has 4/1 odds to retain his seat in Wisconsin. Feingold strikes me as a Daniel Patrick Moynihan type liberal. Even some conservatives can respect him because he does seem to have honest intentions. I'm surprised that he's losing as bad as he is right now. But I think he may still hold onto his seat.

    Joe Manchin is at 2/1 to win the Senate seat in West Virginia. Manchin is supposedly very popular in WV, it's just people there prefer that he stay in the state as opposed to going to DC. Still, I'm not ready to believe the polls in this race.
    Part of it is based on academic grounds. Among major conferences, the Pac-10 is the best academically, largely because of Stanford, Cal and UCLA. “Colorado is on a par with Oregon,” he said. “Utah isn’t even in the picture.”
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