Tom Bradley

Toasting Tom Bradley

David Horton | Posted 11.22.2008 | Politics


David Horton

How many times have you heard, when a politician is confronted with an unfavorable opinion poll, "the only poll that counts is the one on November 4" ...

How Pundits Get The Bradley Effect Wrong: Not Just About Race

Washington Independent | Posted 11.21.2008 | Politics


Political pundits are hyperventilating over the possibility that Sen. Barack Obama's lead in presidential polls is overstated and that the so-called "...

Debunking the "Bradley Effect"

Joel B. Schwartzberg | Posted 11.17.2008 | Media


Joel B. Schwartzberg

Analysts and pundits are resurrecting talk of the Bradley Effect as if it were a matter of science, when it may actually be pseudoscience. Are we digging deeply enough to find the truth?

Inside The "Bradley Effect"

William Bradley | Posted 11.17.2008 | Politics


William Bradley

It's clear that the problem lay not with significant numbers of voters lying to pollsters, but with the nature of the campaign itself. The "Bradley effect" was created by faulty polling.

Bradley Who? Here Comes the Obama Effect

Daniel Okrent | Posted 11.08.2008 | Politics


Daniel Okrent

Everyone's fretting that the dreaded Bradley Effect will turn up in this election. But there's another shoe to drop on this issue -- and it may change the electoral map for years to come.

Projecting an Obama Victory

Norman Solomon | Posted 11.06.2008 | Politics


Norman Solomon

The poll numbers so far this month have fostered the belief that the current economic crisis is close to dooming the McCain campaign. But any crystal ball that offers assurance of an Obama victory is a piece of junk.

Obama and the Bradley Effect

Michael Fauntroy | Posted 09.21.2008 | Politics


Michael Fauntroy

Racism is the bully in the schoolyard of American politics and culture. One does not overcome a bully by ignoring it but, rather, by confronting it and exposing it for what it is.

Gay Marriage: McCain's Shot At The Base

Cristina Chang | Posted 06.26.2008 | Home


Cristina Chang

The Calif. Court decision legalizing same-sex marriages has scandalized social conservatives. The ruling may do what the GOP presidential campaign has failed to do: fire them up to vote for McCain.