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Article: Could West Virginia go for Obama?: ; Some pollsters see movement; others see solid red
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- Charleston Daily Mail
- Article date:
- October 17, 2008
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WEST Virginia appears to have gone from "no way" Barack Obama to
"in play."
A few weeks ago it appeared Obama had about as much chance of
winning the state as former Mountaineer football coach Rich
Rodriguez had of being named "West Virginian of the year."
Obama was coming off a 41-point loss to Hillary Clinton in the
primary election and showing no sign of any interest in West
Virginia.
Polling showed McCain with a comfortable lead, and every major
polling organization had West Virginia either "solid" or "leaning"
McCain.
Even West Virginia Democratic Party leaders privately conceded
there was no way that West Virginia, with its conservative values,
would vote for Obama.
But then the ...