Not a very good source, but still a source.Reid Cherner & Tom Weir wrote:
For the last 17 presidential elections, here's how the Redskin barometer has worked: When the Redskins win their last home game prior to election day, the party that won the popular vote in the previous presidential election wins the White House. When the Redskins lose their last home game before the election, the party that lost the popular vote in the most recent presidential election turns out the winner.
That means the Steelers victory hands the White House keys to Barack Obama, and John McCain will spend the next four years wondering why the Redskins couldn't have protected Jason Campbell from some of those seven sacks. Steve Hirdt of the Elias Sports Bureau gets credit for coming up with this political science formula, and reminding the world of it every four years.
Ment to post something about this last night, but I fell asleep.