Let's show a little love for West Virginia:--only 14% think Bush is doing a good job.

[Aloha Spirit]

http://rasmussenreports.com/public_content/politics/election_20082/state_toplines/west_virginia/toplines_west_virginia_democratic_primary_may_4_2008

How does that compare to *your* state?

*edited for link

[Aloha Spirit]

1. Any good WV Dem blogs? I found this one... wvablue.com

http://www.wvablue.com/

[PBS Poll-435]

2. And 72% favorables for Clinton?

Wow. Maybe they really just like her.

[Aloha Spirit]

3. Yes, 43% "very favorable" is hard to spin.

[PBS Poll-435]

4. Is there really any kind of explanation for those numbers?

Do they not get MSNBC in WV?

:rofl:

[Blondiegrrl]

11. Um, maybe SOME of that percentage is scared of the "Muslim" black man.

Take away the racist factor, and Hillary's lead would slip to about 15 percent.

I've lived various parts of West Virginia all my life. I know what drives them.

[Aloha Spirit]

12. That percentage exists even here in the breeding ground of evil, Cambridge, Massachusetts... but out

of exhaustion/depression?, I have like zero ability to contemplate how stupid voters might be.

Hey, do you know any good WV Dem blog sites?
I found wvablue.com which appears to be awesome, but that's the only one.
Cheers!

[Blondiegrrl]

15. Sadly, the blog you mentioned is the only one I know of. n/t

[PBS Poll-435]

13. I am talking about "Favorable/Unfavorable Opinion of Hillary Clinton." Said nothing about Obamas #s

72% have a favorable opinion of her.

About 20 points higher than the national average.

[Blondiegrrl]

16. My bad. Well, WV has always been fond of the Clintons.

Honestly, I don't know why. I would guess Southern appeal factors into it. West Virginians tend to be distrustful of Yankees.

[PBS Poll-435]

17. I am sure the Southern angle is a part of it.

[Orsino]

24. I think these two factors are inextricable, to some degree...

...but those favorable number are indeed impressive.

[hokies4ever]

22. I wish they would ask 'Obama's religion' on the exit polls

Everybody knows that some Americans still think it. I saw a poll about a month ago that put the figure at 11%. I think it's time that exit pollers grew some balls and started asking these kind of questions.

[The Stranger]

5. The Clinton criminals should be joining them in the Obama fold -- not fucking us and the party.

[Aloha Spirit]

6. Kick for update: W. Virginia leaders announce support for Obama !!!

http://www.wvablue.com/userDiary.do?personId=2

Below is the list of West Virginia leaders Endorsing Barack Obama today:
Sen. Dan Foster (Kanawha County)
Sen. Jon Blair Hunter (Mon County)
Sen. Jeff Kessler (Marshall)
Del. John Doyle (Jefferson County)
Del. Ron Fragale (Harrison County)
Del. Charlene Marshall (Mon County)
Del. Clif Moore (McDowell County)
Del. Alex Shook (Mon County)
Sheriff John Gruzinskas (Marshall)
Jerry Brookover (Chair, Wirt County Exec Committee)
The following are West Virginia leaders who have previously announced their endorsement of Barack Obama:
Ken Hechler, former Congressman and West Virginia Secretary of State
Glen B. Gainer III Auditor
Del. Tal Hutchins (Ohio County)
Sen. Larry Edgell (Wetzel County)
Mayor Emmett Pugh (Beckley)
Sheriff Tom Burgoyne (Ohio County)
Commissioner David Sims (Ohio County)
John Saunders (former USW local president, Ohio County Dem co-chair)
Frank Slider (Tyler County Chair)

[Blondiegrrl]

9. Ah, Dan Foster. My delegate. Good man. n/t

[Adelante]

23. Obama will be campaigning in WV on Monday

According to this:

The Frontrunner to Campaign in the Battleground of West Virginia

Thanks for posting that list :hi:

[BlooInBloo]

7. And yet they STILL won't vote for a black man... It's funny....

In that Greek comedy/tragedy way.

[Aloha Spirit]

8. tragicomic is the best word to describe how I feel about our "situation" in general. nt

[AspenRose]

10. Sad

It's not like we've had a white guy screwing up our country for the past 7 years or anything....

:sarcasm:

[foo_bar]

14. Lysistrata comes to mind

LYSISTRATA
So fine, it means just this, Greece saved by the women!

CLEONICE
By the women! Why, its salvation hangs on a poor thread then!

LYSISTRATA
Our country's fortunes depend on us-it is with us to undo utterly the Peloponnesians.

CLEONICE
That would be a noble deed truly!

LYSISTRATA
To exterminate the Boeotians to a man!

http://drama.eserver.org/plays/classical/aristophanes/lysistrata.txt

[wvbygod]

20. Hogwash

Less than 20% of the black vote will go for Hillary while 35% of the white vote
will go for Obama. So take your WV insults elsewhere.

[Aloha Spirit]

21. It's embarrassing the way people in general are stereotyping WV. Hey, any tips for phonebanking to

the state?

[TahitiNut]

18. Anyone notice the cute little anchovy on that pizza?

"Wright"? Clinton, Obama, and Wright. :wtf: I didn't know Wright was a candidate.

[Aloha Spirit]

19. He's running for mayor in West Virginia.