Let me update my WV post, since I was home for Mother's Day this weekend

[theboss]

Obama couldn't get votes there if he had Owen Schmitt as his running mate. There is pretty much open hostility to him at this point.

Oh well...onto Oregon.

[tabatha]

1. why, what did he do?

[Rosa Luxemburg]

4. surely the voters know she is going to drop out soon?

[hokies4ever]

21. Watch the exit polls

when they ask the Hillary voters who they think will win the nomination. It'll be an ungodly high percentage.

[Aloha Spirit]

30. suffolk poll from yesterday--Question: Who will win in November?

31% Hillary
27% Obama
26% McCain

"West Virginia Democratic voters appeared to be in denial about the delegate projections. Asked who would be the next president, regardless of whom they personally supported, 31 percent said Clinton; 27 percent, Obama; 26 percent, McCain; and 11 percent were undecided."

http://suffolk.edu/28826.html

[anonymous171]

2. There's a reason some states are red states.

[theboss]

7. When did WV become a red state?

There is no Republican Party there.

[Blondiegrrl]

12. In went red with Dubya. Both times. n/t

[anonymous171]

14. So they're the "scared white folks"demographic?

Bush got those by dropping the Gay/Terrorism bomb. McCain will get them that way too.

[theboss]

16. And that makes it a red state?

Dem governor. Dem Senators. Dem Reps. Dem control of the legislature. Voted for Clinton twice. Voted for Dukakis.

How are we a red state again? Did the world begin in 2000?

This red state/blue state stuff is so meaningless.

[donheld]

23. "Did the world begin in 2000?"

No it ended in 2000.

[grantcart]

3. how do they explain the huge difference in their opinion of Obama and the rest of the country

[Duke Newcombe]

8. Because..

1. We don't cotton to no Muslims, anyhow...

2. Bill Clinton talking about Obama as being "one of those high folks from outside"

3. Inbreeding. Yeah...inbreeding.

4. Yankees are from the Pit o' Hell(tm)



Duke

[grantcart]

13. just wanted to make sure they had it well researched. lol

[jbm]

19. that 'huge difference' doesn't really exist

When you view a political situation through your own eyes, it becomes distorted. I think maybe our view of the candidate we support influences the feedback we get when we're talking to people on the street. It also heavily influences what bits of information we choose to prioritize, and what we choose to ignore.

The only way to really get an idea of what's going on is to try to analyze numbers and info in a way that is totally impartial. It's not near as much as assuming a win because you overheard three guys in a gas station, or because your guy did well in a primary, but it saves a lot of heartbreak on election day.

[Duke Newcombe]

5. Not a damned thing...which is what pisses me off.

http://www.ft.com/cms/s/0/2a50425a-1f86-11dd-9216-000077b07658,s01=1.html

I'm loathe to make broad brush statements, but with folks in this article being so ignorant, I'm frankly of mind to say "screw 'em".

Duke

[woolldog]

6. High concentration of ignorant red necks in WV.

[MidwestTransplant]

9. If they are unlucky, they'll get what they vote for.

[Duke Newcombe]

10. They shouldn't worry, though...

"Teh Muzlim" will still represent them, anyways.

Duke

[Pastiche423]

17. The last line of the article

makes my brain hurt: “I want someone who is a full-blooded American as president.”

What do they teach in schools there? Are they that ignorant that they don't know that Hawaii is out 50th state?

[theboss]

29. I'll be in the cold cold ground before I recognize Missouri

My guess is, "Full-blooded American means 'White Christian without a weird name.'"

The "Obama is a Muslim" thing is believe far and wide in WV, I fear.

[NatBurner]

28. that reads like an onion article

[Duke Newcombe]

31. As John Kerry would say, "Would that it were...would that it were..." n/t

Duke

[Blondiegrrl]

11. Well THIS West Virginian is voting for Obama.

Dumb question: Who is Owen Schmitt? I've never heard that name.

P.S. In what area were you canvassing? I would imagine there's be a lot of hostility in the rural areas. But in Charleston where I live, there is a fair amount of support for Obama.

[Obamamaniac_25]

15. I'd like to see Obama start performing better in rural areas

Harry Reid was on This Week this morning and discussed how Kerry carried the big cities by massive margins but got crushed in the rural areas and that's why he lost. Obama can't fall victim to the same trap.

[Blondiegrrl]

18. Once the primaries are over, he needs to go back to doing more

town hall-type appearances. I think that will help a great deal.

[Duke Newcombe]

20. Hit 'em where we shouldn't be--

going into purple, and evenl "red" areas can peel off enough of them to flip a state--I hope Obama's folks are doing their county-by-county analysis now.

Duke

[Rosa Luxemburg]

24. the rural areas need work

door to door, literature, town hall meetings. The VP running mate could play a strong role in this?

[Lyric]

25. You don't know who Owen Schmitt is?!

I take it you're not a Mountaineers fan. I swear, Charleston is like another dimension or something, lol.

[donheld]

22. Could he get more vote if he said he is married to his sister?

[Cha]

33. Don't be

bad:evilgrin:

[Blue_Roses]

26. sad. these people need the policies of a Democratic president

more than they realize. What has caused so much ignorance in that state?

[VolcanoJen]

27. I had missed your first post on WV the other day...

... and then, this weekend at my mother's house, she read it out loud to me and we just got the biggest kick out of it.

You know West Virginia, that is for sure! One of the best posts this year on GDP!

[CitizenLeft]

32. why open hostility?

I read your other post - it was great, very thoughtful. But open hostility? I have my ideas on it, but I don't live there, and have never visited, so I defer to you. But hostility goes beyond even what I thought.