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Obama Is Google. McCain Is GM.Presidential candidates as stocks.
By Daniel Gross

The hype and analysis surrounding presidential candidates' quarterly fund-raising reports already exceeds the level of scrutiny applied to IBM's latest quarterly earnings. And you can already invest in candidates through political betting sites. So why not take the comparison to its logical conclusion and start treating the candidates like actual corporations?
Here's Slate's handy guide for political investors, identifying which prominent stocks the top presidential candidates most closely resemble.

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