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Article: Remember Dixville Notch, New Hampshire?, The GOP put West Virginia on the national map
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- Charleston Daily Mail
- Article date:
- February 8, 2008
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TUESDAY'S West Virginia Republican convention in Charleston was a
stroke of genius.
It did exactly what its organizers hoped it would do.
For several hours on CNN, West Virginia was mentioned frequently.
That probably means that one or two people, at least, now know that
yes, there is a West Virginia.
A few years ago a national survey was taken by Charles Ryan and
Associates, if my memory serves me, concerning the national
reputation of West Virginia.
The surveyors found that, by and large, people had no opinion
about West Virginia, good or bad. In fact, they found a significant
number of people didn't know there was a West Virginia.
More than once in my life, I've had people say to me: ...