Obama The Wilder Effect
**FILE** In this Sept. 18, 1989 file photo, Virginia Lt. Governor and Democratic nominee for Governor, L. Douglas Wilder, gestures during his acceptance speech at the Virginia Democratic Convention in Richmond. Today there is widespread disagreement about whether Barack Obama is subject to the predicament known as the Wilder or Bradley Effect, whether in the confessional atmosphere of the voting booth, white people will actually pull the lever for the first black man to come within shouting distance of the presidency. (AP Photo, File)
