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Did “The Bradley Effect” lead to Hillary’s surprise New Hampshire win?
Posted By katie allison granju
Don Williams thinks so, pointing to Will Durst’s comments:
Hillary knows. Barack not only knows, he feels it in his bones like a creeping worm of osteoporosis every day of his life but he’ll never say a word.
It was not a polling glitch. It was not co- opting the mantra of “change.” It was not Hillary’s vulnerability in Saturday’s debate or her moist eyes in that Portsmouth coffee shop. It was not Bill turning into a 60 foot George Bailey Transformer rampaging through Bedford Falls. It was a little bit of the teeniest kind of invisible fear. A form of prejudice detritus known as “the Bradley Effect.”
In 1982, Los Angeles Mayor Tom Bradley, an African-American, was 10 points ahead in the polls the day before his California Gubernatorial election against George Deukmejian. 10 points ahead. Day before the election. He lost. Sound familiar? Ding. Ding. Ding. Give that man a kewpie doll.
Jan 11th, 2008
