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...Bradley effect? I predict a reverse Bradley effect this go-round. It will be fueled by sweet old ladies who have been voting Republican since Eisenhower and rugged blue-collar workers who were Reagan men but who can't bring themselves to press that button and vote for McCain-Palin. They won't admit it to their friends and family - or the exit-poll people. Margie Shepherd, Free Union...
...mention the Bradley effect without also alluding to a more modern, and possibly more significant, effect: the cell-phone effect. Polling is done by telephone to land-line customers. Surveys don't reach those who have abandoned land lines for cell phones - voters who are by and large younger and less prejudiced. While Bradley-effect voters may lean Republican, the unsurveyed cell-phone-effect voters will be leaning, and voting, Democratic. Chris Chrisman, Los Angeles
...effect of the new three-point line will not be limited to guards and their shooting percentages, however...
...paused, his eyes filled with a sweetness that Felicity had never seen.“I hope you are enjoying your tryst with that nitwit of a biddy with her skirts hiked up about her waist,” said Felicity, but her venom had not the slightest effect on her husband’s serene countenance. He sighed softly, and smiled.“You look lovely, Felicity,” Frederick said, and now it was Felicity’s turn to lose her bearings. Her heart leapt a little in her chest. Could she possibly have missed...
...solicited volunteers for such posts as a "digital fun squad," "legal support" and "press liaison." The media gossip blog Gawker printed a bulletin supposedly from the organizers that told volunteers to find strategically located U-Haul trucks (which held the papers) around the city. Going for an ultimate guerilla effect, the bulletin said, "We want to maintain maximum mystery around this, for as long as possible - at least for a couple of days...