time-blog.com - 10/20/2008
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For 26 years, when political analysts consider the effect of race in an election, they have warned about the "Bradley Effect." As the story goes, race--and specifically, voters' unwillingness to admit their own racist views--was the major reason that Los Angeles Mayor Tom Bradley lost his bid ...
online.wsj.com - 10/20/2008
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If John McCain manages to overtake Barack Obama,
the media will have a ready answer for the...
result: racism. Over the past generation, every time a black liberal candidate runs for public office, pundits are quick to assert that the so-called Bradley ...
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Tom Bradley Didn't Lose Because of Race
blog.newsweek.com - 10/17/2008
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Obama-backing Former Bradley Aide: Enough with the Bradley Effect Already
NewsBusters.org - Exposing Liberal Media Bias —
... for the New York Times, it was Bradley's liberal policies and an aggressive get-out-the-vote effort by the GOP that put George Deukmejian into the Governor's Mansion. Writes Blair Levin (via Karen Tumulty of Time magazine): ...
The Simpson Effect
Eschaton —
I do so love the internets. Commenter PollieSigh at Swampland: I believe in this election we will NOT see "The Bradley Effect". Instead, we will see what I call "The Simpson Effect", meaning, Obama will get elected simply because he is BLACK, in spite of the facts that he is "guilty" of being a Socialist, a liar, guilty of being in the MIDDLE of the Freddie Mac and Fannie Mae debaucle that was responsible for the financial crisis, guilty taking in over $200,000 in illegal foreign donations, helping to campaign for and continuing a friendship with ...
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