There is a big todo being made over the Redskin's game this Sunday. As the legend has it, if the Redskins win the final home game before an election, the incumbent president will win. If the Redskins lose, the incumbent will be voted out the following Tuesday.

Since the Redskins became the Redskins in 1933, the result of the team's final home game before the presidential election has correctly predicted the White House winner.

It sounds like an interesting trend. But James Taranto is a non-believer, since the Redskins lost to Buffalo right before incumbent Bill Clinton was re-elected.

I guess it depends on what the definition of "home game" is. The Buffalo loss was in Buffalo, and is thus discounted. Personally, I've never been very superstitious to begin with. So when I tell you that I'm rooting for the Redskins this weekend, it's because I grew up a Redskins fan; not because I think that the safety and security of the free world depend on it.