Democrats Should Fear the 'Bradley Effect'

As legions of Barack Obama's supporters (both inside and outside the mainstream media) wait with giddy anticipation to celebrate victory on November 5, they can't seem to block creeping doubt from their minds. What if the outcome doesn't all fall neatly into place like their polls project? How can such a scenario be explained?

Their answer is an old canard: Latent racism in America. Liberals can't fathom voters not supporting their candidate because of something so trivial as policy positions. As they see it, only a bigot would vote against an African-American Democrat.

Thus, in preparation for a potential Obama loss, Democrats have dusted-off the old "Bradley Effect" charge, which originated when African-American Tom Bradley lost the California gubernatorial race to George Deukmejian in 1982. Polls had shown a small, though somewhat consistent, lead for Bradley up until Election Day. Nevertheless, Bradley lost a close election and Democrats have been crying "racism" ever since.

Aaron wrote:Perhaps you can explain what that change is going to be because when I visit his web site, all I see are recycled Clinton policies and typical liberal Reid/Pelosi policies.