the gamblers know

As a sometime gambler myself, I'm telling you that the professional gamblers know things other people don't know. Or as Brian McClaren put it, economists are the people who know everything, and they know they know everything.

So Ireland's largest bookmaker, Paddy Power, have declared Obama the winner in the race for the democratic nomination and are already paying out*. Go figure.

*(disclaimer: this news item is possibly somewhat suspect, as it is from Fox news.)