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Intrade Trends Favor McCain

By Robert Stacy McCain on 8.19.08 @ 4:27PM

In mid-July, Barack Obama's shares in the Intrade speculation market peaked at 68. Today, he's at 59.9.

Meanwhile, John McCain's shares, which were trading around 30 in mid-July, are now at 37.

That's a 15-point swing to McCain in the space of a month.

Robert Stacy McCain is co-author (with Lynn Vincent) of Donkey Cons: Sex, Crime, and Corruption in the Democratic Party (Nelson Current). He blogs at The Other McCain.

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