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Hills odds suggest there’s life in veep bets yet

By Matt | September 2, 2008

Anyone betting on the next vice-president of the USA might find they get a bit more of a run for their money if they haven’t backed one of the official candidates.

William Hill has cut its odds about Sarah Palin not being John McCain’s running mate when the US election takes place, suggesting she may step down following revelations that her 17-year-old unmarried daughter is pregnant.

The bookie has slashed the odds on her not standing from 20/1 to 8/1. Graham Sharpe, Hills’ spokesman, said, “It would be disastrous for his campaign were McCain to sack Palin, but it is not impossible that she could stand down should Party chiefs feel that she is too controversial a choice who might end up costing McCain votes, rather than boosting his campaign.

“There has been no great rush to back McCain since the Palin appointment”, said Sharpe, suggesting that the choice of Palin has failed to boost the Republican’s presidential election chances.

If Palin does stand down, the army of backers who chose Mitt Romney or Bobby Jindal to be McCain’s veep choice above her will find they have a second chance of winning their apparently dead bets.

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