Bob Rae Now Favored To Win Liberal Party Leadership

[Dr. Jack]

FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE


BOB RAE NOW FAVORED TO WIN LIBERAL PARTY LEADERSHIP PinnacleSports.com Announces Updated Odds On Liberal Leadership Race

WILLEMSTAD, CURACAO (November 30, 2006)—The Liberal Party of Canada’s 2006 Biannual Convention has arrived and delegates are now only days away from determining the winner of the Liberal Leadership race. With the successor to Paul Martin set to be decided on Saturday, PinnacleSports.com today released updated odds on who’ll become the next leader of the Liberal Party.

The largest sports betting site on the Internet, PinnacleSports.com originally opened wagering on the eight candidates to win the Liberal Leadership race in mid-September with Michael Ignatieff as a 7/4 favorite (i.e., win $7 for every $4 bet) to become the party’s next leader. Now only two days before the new Liberal leader is determined, Bob Rae has overtaken Ignatieff as the favorite to assume the party’s leadership position at 3/2 odds (i.e., win $3 for every $2 bet). Despite receiving the most bets and 40% of all money wagered throughout the campaign, support for Ignatieff has waned since Super Weekend and he now has just the third-best odds to win the election at 7/2 odds.

Francophone candidate Stephane Dion has made a solid push since betting opened, receiving 20% of all wagers placed and now stands at 2/1 to become the next head of the Liberals. Although he’s currently ahead of Dion in the number of delegate votes received, Gerard Kennedy has gained only moderate support from bettors, receiving just 10% of all dollars wagered to date, and is currently 5/1 to win the party vote. PinnacleSports.com considers the four other candidates as longshots to win the leadership race, with Ken Dryden (200/1), Joe Volpe (300/1), Scott Brison (400/1) and Martha Hall Findlay (500/1) accounting for a combined total of only 3% of the bets placed so far on the Liberal leadership race.

“Our bettors have been deadly accurate at forecasting election outcomes in the past including correctly predicting the Conservatives win in the January election weeks before the opinion polls,” said Simon Noble of PinnacleSports.com. “Ignatieff had been the favorite to win the election since betting opened until the start of the Liberal Party Convention, but since Super Weekend he’s been losing momentum and bettors have begun backing other candidates. The polls now indicate that Rae and Dion will receive support from the fringe candidates which should catapult them ahead of Ignatieff. Since the convention opened yesterday, bettors obviously followed the latest polls and began backing Rae and Dion to assume control of the party leadership.”

PinnacleSports.com will continue to offer betting on the Liberal Leadership race until the convention’s conclusion and accept wagers of up to $500 from players. In addition, PinnacleSports.com will also offer live wagering as the ballots are cast throughout the convention.

Current Odds: All Odds Subject To Change

Odds To Be Next Leader Of Liberal Party Of Canada
Bob Rae 3/2
Stephane Dion 2/1
Michael Ignatieff 7/2
Gerard Kennedy 5/1
Ken Dryden 200/1
Joe Volpe 300/1
Scott Brison 400/1
Martha Hall Findlay 500/1

[cptkirk321]

Good lord have mercy on our soul if this man becomes the Liberal leader and happens to actually become Prime Minister of Canada. We here in Ontario are still paying for the billions he put us into debt in his short lived life as Premier of Ontario.

This might actually be a good thing if Ontarians actually remember what a bumbling useless moron this guy was as our Premier and will hold it against all the crooked Liberals, unfortunately the people here in Ontario continue to shock the hell out of me and show how absoloutely braindead they are in continuing to support the Liberal party whether it be municipally, provincially or federally.

[BarryBonds]

He's a Rhodes Scholar and dislikes white people.

[cptkirk321]

Originally Posted by BarryBonds

He's a Rhodes Scholar and dislikes white people.

He's a Rhodes Scholar who is a moronic boob

[BarryBonds]

Anti-semite!

[setshot]

ken dryden @200-1 is worth a shot. he's still got a great glove hand.

i voted for bob rae's new democrats in that provincial election, cap'n. first and only time that i voted for the party that actually won. then the jackass literally broke every campaign promise he made.

unfortunately, i don't see the liberals losing in ontario for years to come. the voters don't trust the greedy conservatives (notably, meglomaniacal mike harris), and we all remember how embarrassingly unprepared the ndp were when they ruled.

there's only one other legimate choice in ontario......everybody's favourite scandel-ridden, fatcats......................the liberal party.

[BarryBonds]

I'm poor and borderline retarded, therefore, I don't vote.

[setshot]

Originally Posted by BarryBonds

I'm poor and borderline retarded, therefore, I don't vote.

lmao two good reasons why you should vote.

[BarryBonds]

I'd care more about politics if I had a satiated stomach and a stable home life on a more regular basis.

[cptkirk321]

Originally Posted by setshot

ken dryden @200-1 is worth a shot. he's still got a great glove hand.

i voted for bob rae's new democrats in that provincial election, cap'n. first and only time that i voted for the party that actually won. then the jackass literally broke every campaign promise he made.

unfortunately, i don't see the liberals losing in ontario for years to come. the voters don't trust the greedy conservatives (notably, meglomaniacal mike harris), and we all remember how embarrassingly unprepared the ndp were when they ruled.

there's only one other legimate choice in ontario......everybody's favourite scandel-ridden, fatcats......................the liberal party.

Fortunately I didn't vote for the NDP in that election but I am still paying for it, LOL!!

Its a funny thing about Harris, he came into power basically stating what he was going to do if elected and when he was elected and actually kept most of his campaign promises everybody screamed bloody murder because of it, lol.

I am simply dumbfounded on how Ontarians can continually vote for a Liberal party that whether it be provincially or federally continue to stick it up the ass of us here in Ontario and the people continue on with a smile on their face I guess that is why most are Toronto Maple Leaf fans because the Leafs organization continue to do the same thing to their fans, lol

The absoloute worst thing that could happen to this country is to have Bob Rae the leader of the Liberals and for them to win a minority government and have themselves align with the nutbar Layton and the NDP party

[setshot]

stephane dion @2/1 is tempting. here's a good trend.....

"the existence of the Liberal party's long-held tradition of alternating between English and French leaders that dates back to Wilfrid Laurier."

its a quebecers turn and he's the only one in the running.

[skippy]

Originally Posted by setshot

stephane dion @2/1 is tempting. here's a good trend.....

"the existence of the Liberal party's long-held tradition of alternating between English and French leaders that dates back to Wilfrid Laurier."

its a quebecers turn and he's the only one in the running.

Not good.....

If the Liberals are elected, Canada will become a unilingual speaking country.....FRENCH