"repetitive"--cupertino?

[Victor Steinbok]

I am assuming what was meant was "competitive". My question is, how did
"repetitive" get there?


http://www.hlrecord.org/news/surprising-gop-surge-could-derail-coakley-candidacy-1.1009178
> But what appeared to be a surprising surge in the popularity – and
> electability – of Coakley’s Republican challenger, Scott Brown, threw
> the levelheaded (and some would say too complacent) Coakley campaign
> into disarray. Polls were showing the race getting more *repetitive*.
> Rasmussen, a polling service that tends to skew toward conservative
> candidates and which has been faulted for its methodology,
> nevertheless generated excitement among Republicans when it showed
> Coakley’s lead trimmed to 9%. Subsequent polls have confirmed gains
> for Brown, but differ over whether they are much larger or smaller
> than those reported by Rasmussen.


VS-)

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