http://www.washingtonpost.com/wp-dyn/articles/A8667-2004Jan11.htmlRetired steelworker John Bodonski was a lifelong Democrat when he switched allegiance in 2000 and voted for George W. Bush for president. He won't do it again.
"I wouldn't send my dog -- I wouldn't go across the street to see Bush," said Bodonski, 55, said. "I don't care what he does now. He's gone. He's history."
Bush got a surprise win in West Virginia in 2000, with the traditionally Democratic state's five electoral votes amounting to the margin of victory that put him in office. But to hear workers like Bodonski now, Bush cannot count on the same support next year.
The president's industrial policies could be the difference in this key "swing" state in the 2004 election. While Bush connected with many West Virginians on issues such as guns and religion, it was his sympathy for industry that won support from thousands of union members and manufacturing workers who traditionally form the heart of the state's economy and political establishment.
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