Betting on Pawlenty
The Minnesota governor tops the list of Republican VP candidates over at Intrade, the current events futures market, where he's given a 68.5 percent chance of getting the nod (that’s up sharply in the last few days). Next closest is Mitt Romney, at 10 percent. Ex-eBay CEO Meg Whitman is at a paltry 1.8 percent, though Silicon Alley Insider's Henry Blodget thinks she would be a good choice - sort of.
5:07 PM Thursday, August 28 2008 • Link
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