"Someone in the Obama camp must really fear the poll that shows McCain ahead."
Built-in suspicions about the polling and media biases against conservatism have made it difficult for many of us to accept these polls at face value, that they are an honest assessment. The very same pressure many of us suspect as skewing the polls from the pollster/media side has, I suspect, skewed respondents answers as well - i.e. the adolescent peer-pressure to do the hip, "in" thing and say "I support the black guy because I'm a tolerant, politically-correct 'with-it' dude!" And then there are folks like me who simply don't answer the call because it's nobody's business how we intend to vote.
At any rate, cause for optimism, but don't let up, folks!
-—”i.e. the adolescent peer-pressure to do the hip, “in” thing and say “I support the black guy because I’m a tolerant, politically-correct ‘with-it’ dude!”
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Your point is well-taken. In fact, we need to spread the notion that the “Obama-Effect” is the reason polls may differ from actual voting NOT THE “BRADLEY EFFECT.”
(The Obama Effect meaning voters telling pollsters, they’ll vote for the cool, narcissistic b.s. artist solely because of peer pressure).