Wednesday, January 09, 2008
CNN Political Market Launches
Yesterday afternoon around 4pm ET, CNN launched the CNN Political Market on the CNN homepage and on the CNN Politics page for the upcoming 2008 U.S. elections. As a company we're certainly excited to work on this project with CNN and as political junkies we're pleased to contribute in a small way to the dialogue this election season.
8 comments:
hey guys, way to add openid support to the political market app. we've been using it for a openid consumer testbed, and it's a fun game by itself. cheers.
CNN just changed the end date on the John Edwards endorsement stock. Originally, it read March 1st, but they are now extending it to June 1st. Those of us who bought the stock basing it on one set of expectations are now about to lose out.
Please let CNN know that if they expect readers to continue contributing to their market, they can't change the rules mid-course. If this issue doesn't get fixed, I imagine I and other top players will be leaving.
Agreed.
Josh (century22)
The way the political market is being run by cnn.com seems arbitrary. For instance, they have closed the market labeled "If Clinton drops out of the presidential race, will it happen before the Democratic National Convention?" as though she has actually ended her campaign. In fact, she has only suspended her campaign. There are several articles on cnn.com that point out the difference in meaning between 'drop out' and 'suspend'. Since she has suspended her campaign, she technically still is a candidate for the democratic party nomination and retains control of her delegates.
I don't understand how they expect people to trust their system if they don't follow their own rules and definitions for terms.
Been there, done that. they did the same thing with the Mitt Romney market back in the day. I have always tried to remain understanding because this is a learning experience for inkling as well, but this Political Market has been handled excruciatingly badly. From poorly written and non-descriptive descriptions, to arbitrarily changing the scope or end date of a particular market after thousands of trades have taken place, to long and unnecessary delays cashing out markets, often tying up "cash" for more than a week, to a complete lack of response to concerns emailed through the site... the list goes on and on. In a word, disappointed... even the fun I initially had was squandered when the integrity of the market had ruptured.
Yeah, there's a question that still hasn't cashed out, that was resolved at the GOP convention on September 4, eleven days ago. I messaged them through the site... nothing.
I think CNN has lost interest. During the primary season, they were coming out with new questions all the time. Now there are very few and I have more money than there are things to bet on.
THIS BILL IS POISED TO PASS ONCE OBAMA IS ELECTED. WHY IS OBAMA WAITING UNTIL THE ELECTION IS OVER?
H.RES.194
Title: Apologizing for the enslavement and racial segregation of
African-Americans.
Sponsor: Rep Cohen, Steve [TN-9] (introduced 2/27/2007) Cosponsors
(120)
Latest Major Action: 7/29/2008 Passed/agreed to in House. Status: On
motion to suspend the rules and agree to the resolution, as amended
Agreed to by voice vote.
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SUMMARY AS OF:
2/27/2007–Introduced.
Acknowledges the fundamental injustice, cruelty, brutality, and
inhumanity of slavery and Jim Crow. Apologizes to African-Americans
on
behalf of the U.S. people for the wrongs committed against them and
their ancestors. Commits to rectifying the lingering consequences of
slavery and Jim Crow and to stopping future human rights violations.
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