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Come on, even the shameless Obama apologists were a bit embarrassed by the committee naming President Barack the 2009 Nobel Peace Prize: Not only was the man sworn into office some two weeks before the deadline for nomination for the award, not only has he not yet been US president for one year, but he’s actually increased the number of American troops in Afghanistan (plus soon to approve waaaaaay more for duty there, it seems) and shows no sign of closing down Guantanamo as promised on the campaign trail.

So how exactly is Obama worthy of the Pulitzer Prize? Call it a statement against George W. Bush, call it a “gamble” against future returns (yeah, like when Henry Kissinger was bestowed the gift in 1973) of world peace, it all adds up to one thing: A conspiracy against Live Bets Direct.

I mean, come on. Contenders in a given prop don’t get written off at Live Bets Direct without due cause, but even Paddy Power bookmakers themselves didn’t consider Obama a viable candidate for the nod when they posted him at 18/1 odds to win the Nobel, proclaiming “Give the man some time!” on the cheeky homepage.

“Forget Obama,” we advised and today must apologize. I’m sorry if the forces controlled by The Man were allied against us. Here’s today’s truly can’t miss advice: Take Obama, a 4/6 favorite at Live Bets Direct partner bookmaker Bet365 to take the 2012 presidential election. The Powers That Be will make it happen, come hell, high water or Bobby Jindal (20/1).

The remainder of Bet 365’s table for 2012 Presidential Election Winning Candidate looks as follows. (Bitter, snarky comments all ours.)

Yep, another excuse to run a Sarah Palin pic...

Mitt “The GOP’s answer to Walter Mondale” Romney: 10/1
Sarah Palin: 14/1 (how the mighty have fallen…)
Jon Huntsman: 16/1
Hilary Clinton: 20/1 (see Palin, Sarah)
Bobby Jindal: 20/1
Condaleezza Rice: 20/1
Joseph Biden: 25/1
Mike Huckabee, Tim Pawlenty, Evan Bayh: 28/1
Mark Sanford, Charlie Crist: 28/1
Jeb Bush (yeah, surrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrre): 28/1
Rudolph Giuliani, Michael Bloomberg, Bill Frist, Jon Thune: 33/1
Newt Gingrich: 40/1 (Oh, come on, now.)
Al Gore: 50/1 (see Gingrich, Newt)
Tom Ridge, Sam Brownback, Fred Thompson: 50/1
Ron Paul: 55/1

Update: You can also take Hillary Clinton (20/1) off the board, as she has stated that she will never run for president again. And she declared so on the “Today” show, so you know it’s true.