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Article: West Virginia may be just a flyover state: ; Obama, McCain may not bother much with us
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- Charleston Daily Mail
- Article date:
- June 24, 2008
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I would love to see the 2008 presidential campaign hoofing
through West Virginia. It's exciting when the biggest story in the
country arrives on your doorstep.
Plus, it's generally good for the state for the next president to
know more about us.
But I suspect it's not going to happen this time around.
I hope I'm wrong, but when you look at the numbers and the states
at play across the country, you have to wonder whether Barack Obama
or John McCain believes it's worth their while to spend much time
here between now and November.
Actually, neither candidate is very popular in the state right
now, according to pollster Scott Rasmussen of Rasmussen Reports.
McCain has the support of 45 percent ...