Odds on Miers
At TPM, Josh asks if anyone is willing to put down odds on the Miers confirmation. Tradesports.com is an online futures market (i.e. gambling outfit) that lets traders bid or ask a proposition at the odds of their choice. Currently, the going rate is about $7.30 to get you $10, or 1.37:1 Essentially that means they think she's got a 73% chance to be confirmed. Considering the noise many conservatives are still making, that seems awfully high, but that's the answer to Josh's question, anyway.