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Who will use the word "regulation" most in the first presidential debate?

Settled as Barack Obama

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Settlement details:As reported by a major mainstream news source.

 
Forecast history %
Barack Obama
52%
John McCain
48%
Settled as Barack Obama on Tue 30th Sep 2008 10:19am PST

Suspend date: Fri 26th Sep 2008 2pm PST
Settlement date: Tue 30th Sep 2008 10:19am PST
Prediction cut-off: Predictions on this question after Fri 26th Sep 2008 2pm PST have been voided because they were made after the question could be settled

Initial likelihoods: Barack Obama: 50%, John McCain: 50%

Action history:

Created Mon 22nd Sep 2008 5:15am PST by reuters
Clarified Tue 23rd Sep 2008 11:05am PST by nigeleccles[Admin]: Only the word "regulation" will be counted
Suspended Fri 26th Sep 2008 2pm PST : Suspend date reached
Settlement requested Fri 26th Sep 2008 8:34pm PST by randburg: Obama mentioned the word "regulation" four times; McCain didn't mention it at all. (I lose this one).
Settlement requested Mon 29th Sep 2008 7:30am PST by jenniandboys[Admin]: McCain 0
Obama 3
http://elections.nytimes.com/2008/president/debates/first-presidential-debate.html
Settlement requested Tue 30th Sep 2008 7:29am PST by chuck: I also got Obama 4, McCain 0

Here's the transcript:
http://www.cnn.com/2008/POLITICS/09/26/debate.mississippi.transcript/index.html
Settled as 'Barack Obama' Tue 30th Sep 2008 10:19am PST by destry[Admin]

Suspend date: Fri 26th Sep 2008 2pm PST
Settlement date: Tue 30th Sep 2008 10:19am PST
Prediction cut-off: Predictions on this question after Fri 26th Sep 2008 2pm PST have been voided because they were made after the question could be settled details

 

Predictions (59)

1 year ago
bruns_david predicted John McCain (H$20 at 48%)
1 year ago
horiconfrog predicted John McCain (H$3 at 48%)
1 year ago
halberdier3 predicted John McCain (H$17 at 48%)
1 year ago
jimmsolo predicted Barack Obama (H$20 at 52%)
1 year ago
greengenie predicted Barack Obama (H$100 at 52%)

Comments (5)

  1 dieseldog
did they change the subject do to :market crisis"?
posted 1 year ago
why is this suspended?
posted 1 year ago
i meant - why isn't this settled?
posted 1 year ago
Obama 5, McCain 0 by my count
posted 1 year ago
  5 unionmade
come on already...I wants my money!!
posted 1 year ago

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