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To: Broken_Clock who wrote (81598)	7/16/2008 10:05:50 AM
From: Crimson Ghost	Read Replies (5) \| Respond to of 116555

I am going to stick my neck out and make make a very contrarian forecast. The election will be a close one and Obama is far from assured of victory. Why? Because I am convinced Bush will reach a détente with Iran before long. That would trigger sharp drops in oil and gas prices and touch off big rallies in stocks, bonds, and the dollar. If the super hawk Nixon could reach detente with China back in 1972, than why not super hawk Bush with Iran in 2008? Especially considering that this is the only thing IMHO that could turn the upcoming election into a real horse race. This would not be the first time that pragmatism has trumped ideology.