Politics | Election 2008 Shhh. Don't Tell: I'm Voting for Obama Disgusted Republicans could cancel out Bradley Effect By Gabriel Winant Posted Oct 22, 2008 2:02 PM CDT Copied Richard Bigger, the Democratic chairman for Henderson County talks about Democratic presidential candidate Barack Obama in Oquawka, Ill., Wednesday Oct. 3, 2007. (AP Photo/Seth Perlman) There are plenty of unpredictable factors that might elude pollsters, Kathleen Parker writes in the Washington Post. Most famous is the Bradley Effect. “While some have minimized the impact of a Bradley Effect in this election, we'd be wrong to discount it. Anti-black has morphed to some degree into anti-foreigner and anti-Muslim.” But there may be a Reverse-Bradley Effect among moderate Republicans horrified by the McCain campaign. If a Reverse-Bradley Effect occurs, it won’t be a positive endorsement of Barack Obama. “Sitting quietly at their desks are an unknown number of discreet conservatives who surprise themselves as they mull their options.” But that’s not a mandate for Obama—it’s a prayer for centrism and sobriety. Read These Next Felix Baumgartner's death attributed to his own error. Robin Williams' daughter: AI clips of him are 'disturbing' You might want to take mass transit instead of driving in this city. It's being called a disturbing trend: paragliders with bombs. Report an error