Gallup CEO and Economist say the smart money is on Hillary

After asserting his conservative credentials to rule out any bias, Jim Clifton placed Hillary Clinton at the top of the heap of US presidential wanna-bes. Polling shows that while some people will not vote for her because she is a woman, even more will vote for her because she is a woman.

Clifton was in Tokyo visiting clients this week, and so Uncle Swint invited him to speak at an 'intimate' breakfast for 130 members of the American Chamber of Commerce (in Japan).

The Economist (May 17, 2007) said: “The smart money is on Hillary Clinton to win the White House in 2008.”