pajamasmedia.com - 10/18/2008
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If Obama underperforms on Election Day compared to the latest polls, the reason may not be race.
realclearpolitics.com - 10/15/2008
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A reader writes in with a question: A
few of my friends have said almost in the...
same words, "I was thinking of voting for McCain until he chose Palin. After that, I'm voting for Obama." Packer's article in the...
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On the "Palin Effect"
blog.newsweek.com - 10/17/2008
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Political correctness may be Obama's downfall
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Bernard Chapin's key point:
White guiltists everywhere have queued up in diversity droves to stand with him. My town now pulsates with every manner
of yuppie sporting his kitsch. Personally, in regards to the Bradley effect, I do not doubt that Obama will under-perform
on November 4 and perhaps even among those wearing the goofy symbols of his personality cult. The rationale for a possible
disparity between pre-election polling and his final results will be more a product of political correctness than
racism. Thus, a PC, or ...
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