2012 Election

The Bookies Like Lou Dobbs For U.S. Senate

By Michael Scherer | @michaelscherer | June 21, 2010 | +

The only thing less valuable than a statewide poll more than two years before an election–which is itself worth about as much as a keg cup two days before a party–is an online betting line for a Senate election two years out. (Remember, just a couple weeks ago, France, which cannot even agree on a practice schedule, was listed at 20/1 to win the World Cup.)

All those disclaimers aside, it can be noted that Lou Dobbs is currently listed as an odds on favorite by SBR Forum to unseat New Jersey Sen. Robert Menendez in 2012. Back in November, a spokesman for Dobbs, who recently took a big buyout from his job at CNN, said the former cable news anchor was considering a run.

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  • m0mentom0ri

    “The only thing less valuable than a statewide poll more than two years before an election–which is itself worth about as much as keg cup two days before a party–is an online betting line for a Senate election two years out.”
    .
    I’d argue that reporting on this has less value than either of the above.

  • nflfoghorn

    The voice of the independents = the voice of the indecisive.

  • constantweader

    I wouldn’t discount Dobbs yet. Let’s see how effective Latinos for Lou is.

    The Constant Weader at http://www.RealityChex.com

  • grape_crush

    I’ll second that thought, Momo.

  • artraveler

    Hey Christian Right, are you going to let the bookies determine who wins a race?

  • nflfoghorn

    I think Mr. Brody is OK with it. No Lotto involved.

  • nflfoghorn

    MS, I don’t think most of us grasp the full weight of your first paragraph (I do ’cause I’m a soccer nut). Try more like, “The Patriots were two-touchdown favorites over the Giants in Super Bowl XLII.”

  • sevenoaks07

    Do Time’s Swampland team have to fill a quota? Lou Dobbs and bookies? Nothing else of import?

  • deconstructiva

    I wanted to see something on Tony Hayward’s yacht race this weekend but the swampers are staying silent on that …not that the event itself matters but instead the disconnect between Tony and the Real World.

  • apr2563

    Lou Dobbs? The Tazmanian Devil has a better personality than the xenophobic, cranky Dobbs.

  • dannomatic

    I’d rather have an impartial oddsmaker set a line than any “market research” or opinion poll. Opinion polls are consistently open to manipulation and odd makers are quite often far more accurate in assessing either a sporting event or political outcome.

    Some of these comments just show a typically American paranoia for what in Europe is considered perfectly legal and respectable.

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