Hillary Clinton is the overwhelming favorite to win the 2008 Democratic nomination for US President according to one of the leading sportsbooks

Hillary Clinton is the overwhelming favorite to win the 2008 Democratic nomination for US President according to one of the leading sportsbooks. Clinton is a prohibitive -275 favorite.  Master handicapper Joe Duffy, CEO of OffshoreInsiders.com is best known as the top American sports punter and sports betting handicapper, but has shown to be quite fair and balanced in political handicapping as well.

"This far removed from the primary elections; I do not remember a non-incumbent who was this close to being a betting lock" says the sports betting expert of Mrs. Clinton.

BetUs Sportsbook lists Barack Obama next at +190. The only potential presidential candidate who could beat Clinton for the Democratic nomination is Al Gore.  The former Vice President under popular Democratic two-term President Bill Clinton, Gore has not declared his candidacy.

Bumbling John Edwards is +700 according to the oddsmakers.  Dark horses include Joseph Biden at +2500, Mike Gravel at +3500 and Bill Richardson at +3500. Gadfly Dennis Kucinich is given as much chance of winning as Michael Vick. There are betting odds on neither.

While the war on terror is the main issue in the campaign, let's hope the winner has views on legal sports gambling that are in the same camp as Ron Paul, another dark, dark horse presidential hopeful or even in tune with the pro online gambling views of Libertarian Wayne Root.  

Root, a former employee of Jim Feist, owns a sports betting site.