Libertarian candidate won't make odds on his own party's race

Charles Jay will make odds on just about anything. But he won't touch Tuesday's Libertarian presidential primary in Wisconsin. Indeed, there's a good reason for that - a very good reason.

Elkhart, IN (PRWEB) February 17, 2004 --Charles Jay, the oddsmaker for fantasy betting leagues being run through his website, BetCharlesJay.com (http://www.betcharlesjay.com), has been very busy during this political season.

Jay has constructed the most comprehensive odds and propositions on the internet on almost all of the major political primaries. Wisconsin is no exception, where, for example, he makes John Edwards a -135/+125 favorite to get more votes than Howard Dean (meaning you must 'bet' $1.35 on Edwards to bring back a dollar, while a winning wager on Dean would return $1.25).

The Libertarian party will also be having a primary on Tuesday, a status the party attained when Ed Thompson captured 10.5% of the vote in Wisconsin's 2002 gubernatorial race.

But Jay isn't making any odds on that primary. In fact, he wouldn't touch it with a ten-foot pole (or 'poll', as it were).

Why?

"Because one of those guys might be my running mate, that's why," says Jay.

You see, in early January, after three months of exploring, Jay formally announced his intention to seek the Libertarian Party's Vice-Presidential nomination, which carries with it a separate voting process at the national convention, scheduled for May 27-31 in Atlanta.

And whether the Presidential nominee is Gary Nolan or Michael Badnarik, who are on the Wisconsin ballot, or others who aren't, such as Aaron Russo, David Hollist, Jeffrey Diket, or Ruben Perez, Jay would be proud and happy to run with the eventual candidate.

"They're all great Libertarians, they're all great Americans," Jay says. "Since I'm now involved in this campaign, I want to avoid anything that might look like a tacit endorsement of one candidate over another right now. That would be unfair to everybody."

Jay, who lives in Elkhart, Indiana, is editor/publisher of TotalAction.com (http://www.totalaction.com), a sports/gaming portal. He is also a handicapper, oddsmaker, broadcaster, and investigative writer, whose series on the boxing industry, "Operation Cleanup", has evolved into two books and established new ground for boxing journalism.

He intends to campaign heavily through the media and "using angles that people normally don't think of." He'll attend a number of Libertarian Party state conventions, and intends to carry a full head of steam when delegates gather in Atlanta to select the nominees for President and Vice-President.

For more information on the Charles Jay for Vice-President campaign, please visit: http://www.charlesjay.com