Hillary Clinton Comes Into Ohio Democratic Debate With Longest Odds Yet

Heading into Tuesday night's Democratic debate on Fox News, Hillary Clinton had seen her odds crash from a peak of 1/3 to the longest odds yet, 7/2.  A Clinton win would pay out $350 for every $100 bet if she comes out with a victory.

The face-off at Cleveland State University comes one week before the delegate-rich states hold primaries that some in Clinton’s inner sanctum have described as make-or-break. Obama has won 11 straight primaries and caucuses, and holds about a 100-delegate lead over Clinton.

Mrs. Clinton took offense to a New York Times report that depicted as about to throw in the towel.

After struggling for months to dent Senator Barack Obama’s candidacy, the campaign of Senator Hillary Rodham Clinton is now unleashing what one Clinton aide called a “kitchen sink” fusillade against Mr. Obama, pursuing five lines of attack since Saturday in hopes of stopping his political momentum.

The effort underscores not only Mrs. Clinton’s recognition that the next round of primaries — in Ohio and Texas on March 4 — are must-win contests for her. It also reflects her advisers’ belief that they can persuade many undecided voters to embrace her at the last minute by finally drawing sharply worded, attention-grabbing contrasts with Mr. Obama.

After denouncing Mr. Obama over the weekend for an anti-Clinton flier about the Nafta trade treaty, and then sarcastically portraying his message of hope Sunday as naïve, Mrs. Clinton delivered a blistering speech on Monday that compared Mr. Obama’s lack of foreign policy experience to that of the candidate George W. Bush.

“We’ve seen the tragic result of having a president who had neither the experience nor the wisdom to manage our foreign policy and safeguard our national security,” Mrs. Clinton said in a speech on foreign policy at George Washington University. “We can’t let that happen again.”

All odds below courtesy of Sportsbook.com
 

Barack Obama 4 - 7

Hillary Clinton 7 - 2

John McCain 3 - 2

Mike Gravel 500 - 1

Mike Huckabee 50 - 1

Ralph Nader 100 - 1

Ron Paul 100 - 1

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Christopher Costigan, Gambling911.com Publisher CCostigan@CostiganMedia.com

Originally published February 25, 2008 8:08 pm EST
 

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