Odds to Win the 2008 Election

According to oddsmakers, Barack Obama isn't the favorite to become the next president. (AP Images)

Let's check in with America's political sweetheart, Barack Obama. (What, you thought it was Hillary?)

Obama is now getting 4/21 odds to be named the Democratic candidate for the 2008 U.S. Presidential Election. Hillary Clinton, the once overwhelming favorite, is well back at 11/2.

Some people even think Obama is presidential material! Hear that, Hill?

As for beating out the Republican candidate, John McCain, in the actual election, Obama is a slight underdog. McCain is getting 20/21 odds to become president; Obama is at 8/7.

This latest poll confirms it: McCain and Obama are neck-and-neck.