Now that the "Bradley effect" has been truly buried as a meme we should start a new one: the "Stevens effect" is the unwillingness of people to admit to a pollster that they are going to vote for a crook because he occasionally brings home pork to their remote little welfare state.
What's with the Alaska hate? Oh, and that "little" state is nearly two and a half times the size of Texas. You may call it a "welfare state", but clearly, we have a very strong interest in making sure it's somewhat populated.
The Alaska hate is partly because of the Palin "horror stories" (her wanting to ban books, her abuse-of-power controversies, and her being popular despite that), and because Ted Stevens is a convicted felon who Alaska reelected.
Ah, I see what you're saying. If you judge a people based on their elected leaders, then the Bush administration reflects pretty negatively on Americans in general. But I don't judge a people on these terms: Otherwise, I'd think very poorly of Russians.
