West Virginia

Early Voting Machine Complaints In West Virginia

The Charleston Gazette | Paul J. Nyden | Posted 12.22.2008 | Politics


CHARLESTON, W.Va. - A few voters from different counties continue to experience problems with electronic machines during early voting. Eleven early v...

Go figure: Barrackville Trends Obama

Christina Bellantoni | Posted 11.27.2008 | Politics


Christina Bellantoni

2008-10-27-barrackville.jpgThe Barrackville, WV voters were great examples of what we found everywhere -- growing support for Obama as people figure out how to make ends meet.

Dear Sarah Palin, Please leave - we don't need your sort in Ohio!

Steven Denlinger | Posted 11.20.2008 | Politics


Steven Denlinger

In the old days of the West, when someone did irreparable harm to a community, the Sheriff took the culprit to the edge of town. He told that person ...

West Virginia Polls Tighten -- Race Takes Backseat

Politico | Posted 11.19.2008 | Politics


West Virginia's Democratic leaders on Saturday embarked on a winding, eight-county bus tour through the south of the state, and in one small mining to...

West Virginia? Take Me Home, Country Roads...

Andy Rosenberg | Posted 11.10.2008 | Politics


Andy Rosenberg

In a year full of surprises to the conventional political wisdom, Obama's campaign is rocketing to competitiveness in the nearly all-white state of West Virginia.

Obama and Democrats Fighting Hard on GOP Turf

Paul Jenkins | Posted 10.31.2008 | Politics


Paul Jenkins

All told, 20 states are currently at high risk of loss by the Republican party in either the presidential election, the Senate race, or both. How is that for expanding the playing field?

Bees, Trees, Wind and Dynamite

Kevin Grandia | Posted 10.11.2008 | Green


Kevin Grandia

As renewable energy technology becomes cheaper and more efficient, coal companies are finding it a lot more difficult to justify such crude and environmentally disastrous techniques for powering America.

Backwater Blues: West Virginia Governor Manchin Subsidizes Climate Change and Economic Irrelevance

David Roberts | Posted 09.11.2008 | Politics


David Roberts

grist.orgI've written before about the economic and environmental nightmare that is liquid coal. If I were a governor and an energy company proposed o...

The B-Team Is Alive and Well In McCainland

Mark Nickolas | Posted 09.08.2008 | Politics


Mark Nickolas

Considering that McCain continues to trail significantly, it's hard to see his path to victory when he's so out-gunned on the ground and running such a nonsensical strategy of which states to target or defend.

Cheney Makes Incest Joke About West Virginians

Huffington Post | Posted 06.10.2008 | Politics


***UPDATE*** Akers reports that Cheney has now apologized for his West Virginia incest joke: Vice President Dick Cheney has apologized through his sp...

A Feel-Good Moment: Ed Rollins Hears "Death Knell" For GOP

Chris Weigant | Posted 05.27.2008 | Politics


Chris Weigant

John McCain "can't win" if he's seen as "the Bush third term" -- this, from a Republican?

Pledged Delegates Join Supers In Eyeing The General

Daniel Nichanian | Posted 07.23.2008 | Home


Daniel Nichanian

At Nevada's state convention Hillary lost a delegate, so she's now down by three in a state she won. Jack Evans, manager of her campaign in DC switched to Obama as well, citing momentum.

Edwards' Endorsement Frees Obama In Picking Running Mate

M.S. Bellows, Jr. | Posted 05.22.2008 | Home


M.S. Bellows, Jr.

Clinton doesn't help Obama with his electoral map in November. He needs someone who has both pull in the states he wants to win and who can help repair rifts with rural white voters. Two names immediately come to mind.

McCain's Reverend Problem: Swamped Mississippians Hand Republicans A Loss

Karen Dalton-Beninato | Posted 05.21.2008 | Home


Karen Dalton-Beninato

Problem Reverend issues rippled across political contests last night. West Virginia voters held Rev Wright against Obama, and Mississippi voters held Rev Hagee against the Republican party.

Former Clinton-Gore Campaign Chair: "This Race Is Over, Over."

M.S. Bellows, Jr. | Posted 05.21.2008 | Home


M.S. Bellows, Jr.

In Roy Romer's endorsement of Obama, it came down to the map and the math. "It is different kind of winning possibility that Senator Obama was presenting to the party.... This nation is evolving."

Jason Linkins

West Virginia Primary: Good Morning America Meets An Uninformed Voter

HuffingtonPost.com | Jason Linkins | Posted 05.21.2008 | Politics


Good Morning America, on the scene in West Virginia, introduced their viewers to Janis. She's not a particularly enthusiastic Hillary Clinton support...

West Virginia Primary Poll: What Will Be The Final Results?

The Huffington Post | Posted 05.21.2008 | Politics


With Clinton holding a huge lead in the latest West Virginia polls, her win there is all but assumed. One energetic Hillary supporter even suggested ...

O Bubba, Where Art Thou?

Linda Hansen | Posted 05.18.2008 | Home


Linda Hansen

Bubba's not just in Ohio and Pennsylvania, West Virginia and Kentucky. He's not just Southern white trash. He's in every socio-economic class. Scratch his politically correct veneer and have a look-see.

Obama Enters Enemy Territory: West Virginia

Los Angeles Times | Stephen Braun | Posted 05.18.2008 | Politics


In Hardy County, Democrats outnumber Republicans more than 2 to 1. But there is little enthusiasm for Barack Obama in this mountainside enclave, a por...