Oops, I Made the Obvious Headline Joke

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November 7, 2006

There have been plenty of jokes tonight around NPR's election central about the effect that the Britney Spears-Kevin Federline divorce is going to have on the electorate. After all, CNN did send out a breathless news alert on the split this afternoon. Blogger Daniel Drezner is the only one putting all the pieces together and speculating how Republicans crafted this November surprise. Including this piece of devious logic:

"Under-30 voters -- considered to be overwhelmingly Democratic -- decide not to vote in favor of surfing the Web to find out how the young Ms. Spears is doing."