Obama Reaping the Bradley Effect?

Senator Obama is dancing circles at the polls around Senator McCain, but many of his supporters fear the Bradley effect may leave him dancing to the beat of his own drum.

The Bradley effect is named after, Tom Bradley, a former African-American Los Angeles Mayor who ran for California governor in the ‘80s.

The exit polls showed Bradley was leading by a sizable margin until the reality of politics set him up for a heartbreaking loss to Republican George Deukmejian.

The messed up theory about the Bradley effect was that some Californians, who didn’t want to appear racist, said they voted for Bradley even though they didn’t.

It wasn’t until the election was said and done that people revealed their true color and intentions on misleading the election outcome.

Are the recent poll stats another example of the Bradley effect??? Let me know what you thinking because history does have a tendency of repeating itself.

There could also be an opposite result like the Wilder effect. The Wilder effect was named after Douglass Wilder, a former Virginia governor who led and the polls and still won, but by a one-tenth of a lead. Regardless of the figures, the man still won.

Which effect do you think Obama will take on???

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