ARG Says Obama Is Winning in West Virginia

Woo Hoo! (4.00 / 2)

Down with Capito!

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by: West Virginia Lover @ Thu Oct 09, 2008 at 18:39:47 PM UTC

oops (4.00 / 2)

Missed this earlier or I would have promoted it first and not diared on the topic, too...

This is such good news it's worth repeating!

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by: Clem Guttata @ Thu Oct 09, 2008 at 19:30:18 PM UTC

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YES! WE! CAN! (4.00 / 3)

Even West Virginia, once one of the most Democratic states in the country-it voted for Dukakis and was one of the six states won by Jimmy Carter in 1980-is now moving in to Republican territory for Presidential years.  It's not as Republican as Kentucky, but like Kentucky it's unlikely to go Democratic regardless of the Democratic nominee, even if it were Clinton.  

The press, however, will lap up the talking points of the pundits, Clinton spinners (and Republicans) that losing Kentucky and West Virginia means that Obama won't do well with White voters, when it really means voters in Appalachia aren't ready to vote for a Black candidate, even though in most of the rest of the country they are.

DHinMI in How Kentucky, West Virginia and racism could screw up the Clinton exit

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by: Carnacki @ Thu Oct 09, 2008 at 20:21:35 PM UTC

Carnacki (4.00 / 2)

Todd Beeton at MyDD calls out to you in the last paragraph of his story about the WV poll.

Down with Capito!

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by: West Virginia Lover @ Thu Oct 09, 2008 at 20:49:40 PM UTC

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