west virginia

R. Neal hits up a fellow progressive blogger for poking at bit of fun at West Virginia voters:

After anointing Obama as the nominee on Tuesday, the media narrative has shifted to the West Virginia and Kentucky "Appalachian" contests.

Hillary Clinton has made her strongest electoral showings in the counties and precincts located in the region of the country known as Appalachia. This does not bode well for Barack Obama in Kentucky and West Virginia:

Geez, I just can't believe what some of these "reporters" report.

The state looks a lot like the America of a bygone era: overwhelmingly white, largely rural, and proudly blue-collar.

Via USA Today:

Brendan Loy wonders how the press will react when Hillary Clinton wins big in the remaining demographically advantageous primaries despite being all but mathematically counted out of the race for the nomination:

Hotline’s blog has up the morning schedule for the two candidates.  But they do not seem to indicate anything about the two state primary being a “game changer.”  Clinton’s schedule confirms exactly what she said- that she would go on to West Virginia, South Dakota, and Oregon.

With Barack Obama blowing out Hillary Clinton in North Carolina by 14 points, he erased her gains in Pennsylvania.

In Indiana, Hillary Clinton technically squeaked out a 2 point victory, though in reality, it was Republicans who handed her the win who participated in "Operation Chaos."

MSNBC’s First Read notes that after today’s Indiana and North Carolina primaries, there will only be 217 pledged delegates up for grabs in the remaining primaries in West Virginia, Kentucky, Oregon, Puerto Rico, Montana, and South Dakota.  What that means is that the superdelegates become even more importa