Hubdub forecasts Michael Steele the newly elected Republican party chairman has a 49% chance of accepting Stephen Colbert’s challenge to have a ‘rap off’ on national television. In my own opinion though the odds are more like 5%.

Will RNC Chair Michael Steele accept Stephen Colberts challenge to a ‘Rap off’ on his show?

Steele has been trying to broaden the GOP since becoming chairman. Trying to garner more support among African Americans and other voting blocs in the US, but is he silly enough to think rapping will get him more support?

I can’t imagine anyone is advising Steele to actually rap. It would just make him look like a joke, especially when he’s trying desperately to fight off Limbaugh lovers and the Obama administration. So the question is, why does Hubdub still give the ‘rap off’ a almost 50% chance of happening?

My best guess is that people aren’t looking at the market anymore, which means there’s easy money out there for anyone reading this blog! If there was a real chance Steele would actually rap he wouldn’t still have a 73% chance of staying on as RNC chairman, because a ‘rap off’ with Stephen Colbert doesn’t seem like something GOP members pride themselves on.

Will Michael Steele last until Nov. 2, 2010 as RNC Chairman?

politics gop, michael steele, politics, rap, rap off, rapping, republican national committee, republican party, republicans, rnc, rnc chairman, stephen colbert

Hubdub’s Hot Predictions this week, as decided by Hubdub users and staff, are selected based on their newsworthiness for the week. These stories are bound to be big news this week - and we have forecasts on how they’re likely to turn out.

Politics
Although Hubdub forecasts the Stimulus package will pass the Senate, exactly how much bi-partisan support it will have is still unclear. With a 45% chance Hubdub forecasts at least 2-3 Republicans vote to approve the package when it comes to a vote.

How many Republican Senators will vote to approve the current $800b + stimulus bill?

World
It seems a new wave of protesting is sweeping across the land, shoe throwing. First former President Bush and now Chinese Premier Wen Jiabao. With so many leaders out there and just as many people angry at them, another country’s leader is bound to be ‘attacked.’ Currently Hubdub forecasts within a year it happens again.

Will there be a new incident of a shoe thrown at a country’s leader?

Business
Almost 600,000 American jobs were lost in January, raising unemployment levels to 7.6%. A sign many economists say points to a deepening crisis, with even worse months ahead. Sadly Hubdub has no good news yet, forecasting February sees unemployment rising to 8%.

What will the US unemployment rate be for February 2009?

Sports
In February Sports Illustrated releases their 2009 Swimsuit issue. Brooklyn Decker is the front runner for cover model with a 37% chance. If you’d like to drool over what you can’t ever have, click on the market for ‘images.’ I won’t lie these women are very, very beautiful and lets not kid ourselves, sex sells.

Who will be the cover model of Sports Illustrated’s swimsuit edition 2009?

Science
Volcanic eruptions occur allot more often then some think. This February we may see the natural beauty of one from Mount Redoubt, located near Alaska’s largest city. Getting forecasts on exactly when she’ll blow her top, as you can tell by the graph isn’t easy though. For now according to Hubdub there’s only a 21% chance Mount Redoubt erupts before February 15th.

Will Mount Redoubt erupt before Feb. 15/09?

Trading percentages given are at time of posting and may not match up with markets after the fact due to Hubdub users forecasting on said markets.

Hubdub Top 5 alaska, barack obama, Brooklyn Decker, business, democrats, financial crisis, hubdub, mount redoubt, politics, republicans, senate, shoe, Sports Illustrated, stimulus, stimulus package, swimsuit issue, throw, unemployment, volcano, wen jiabao