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Nov 01, 2008
Wilder Believes Obama Will Feel Bradley Effect
The chattering classes have put the so-called Bradley effect front and center, asking what kind of dent it could potentially put in Barack Obama’s campaign for the Presidency. Few people can speak about the effects of race on voting with more knowledge than former Virginia Governor L. Douglas Wilder, who claims that he was the victim of a similar trend when he campaigned for the governor’s office almost 20 years ago. In a long profile…