[browardchad]

Therefore, when a pollster calls and talks to a potential respondent, how much of that person's answer to whether they approve of the job the President is doing is colored by their desire to not be seen as a racist or having a prejudiced view of Barack Obama since he is black? The inquiry as to his overall rating can be construed to be a reflection of the man.

That's exactly what's happening with the poll numbers.

It happened in VA and NJ, also, when exit pollers asked people who presumably voted against the Dem gubernatorial candidate about Obama. They "liked" him, because to say otherwise is non-PC.

All this will, in the long run, come back to bite him, if we survive.

[Scanian]

This is really about the so-called Bradley effect. It is interesting to talk about but, as I recall, it was pretty much disproven in the 2008 presidential election.