[lonestar67]

I don’t recall reading about the Bradley effect when Ken Blackwell ran for governor in Ohio or Steele. I don’t recall any worries about the Bradley effect when Keyes stepped into the fray with Obama in Illinois.

I am really rather weary of people talking about it without reference to the 7 or more percentage points of he public who vote not on the content of character bu the color of skin— supporting Obama.

[spacejunkie01]

racism is how LIBERALS blame conservatives for not voting for their candidate...it can’t POSSIBLY be his crappy policies. NOOOOOOO.

[atc23]

He is half white. Many more people, as you say, are voting for him strictly because he is referred to as black

Calling him black only hearkens back to the old democrat Jim Crow laws which said that a person with even one drop of AA blood is black.

Each time the Obama calls himself black, he is playing the race card.

[no dems]

But, those people vote Democrat anyhow.

[Boiling Pots]

Then the logical question becomes, are those who are voting against 0bama b/c of his half-blackedness going to negate them?

For every action, there is an equal and opposite...

[Koblenz]

I don’t recall reading about the Bradley effect when Ken Blackwell ran for governor in Ohio or Steele. I don’t recall any worries about the Bradley effect when Keyes stepped into the fray with Obama in Illinois.

The Bradley effect wouldn't be relevant in Obama vs. Keyes because they were both black.

That said, I'm skeptical the Bradley effect is going to amount to very much...

[LS]

No one talked about it, but it was real here in OH. Blackwell’s last polling numbers were -6 (high) and -14 (low). He lost by -25. Steele’s variance was much less, about 2 points. The only race I’ve found where Bradley was no noticeable factor at all was Lynn Swann in PA, and I attribute that to the fact that he was a sports icon who was viewed not as black or white but as “A Steeler.”