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Union Mail Blitz Hits McCain -- In Deep Red West Virginia
The AFL-CIO tries to broaden the map for Obama, dropping a big blitz of mail attacking McCain and Bush on the economy in West Virginia, a state that went for Bush over Kerry in 2004 by double digits.
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McCain doesn't appear to be biting on such stuff yet, though: He has cut a radio ad specifically geared for the state, but for now it doesn't appear to be running.
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West Virginia would be a tough get for Obama -- but it's not outside the realm of possibility.
Now Texas -- that is a state outside the realm of possibility... :)
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October 23, 2008 2:38 PM | Reply | Permalink
Are you just trying to piss us off?
October 23, 2008 2:47 PM | Reply | Permalink
Send Rich Trumka to WVA as a surrogate. Or just run his speech to the steelworkers over and over and over again. How much can radio time in WVA cost, anyway?
October 23, 2008 2:46 PM | Reply | Permalink
Absolutely. Trumka's been fantastic, giving awesome speeches. But they should have him not only in WV but in central and southwestern Pennsylvania, too. Perhaps teaming up with Leo Gerard who, though he does happen to be a Canadian, is equally great.
October 23, 2008 2:58 PM | Reply | Permalink
OT: But stories like this are why I'd rather Obama not gotten into the robocall game.
From CNN: Some residents in battleground states are receiving more than a dozen daily robocalls, recorded messages often used to attack a candidate's opponent.
Barack Obama and Joe Biden have criticized John McCain and Republicans for the calls, but both parties are players in the robocall war.
October 23, 2008 2:47 PM | Reply | Permalink
They should focus on Georgia. Taking Georgia is more realistic than West Virginia.
October 23, 2008 2:47 PM | Reply | Permalink
mccain calls nyc and washington dc as fake america in his interview with brian williams. I guess those folks that died on 9/11 weren't real americans
October 23, 2008 2:49 PM | Reply | Permalink
McCain is gaining ground again in West Virginia, but damn, how sweet a thing it would be if Obama won there...even by a few votes! Imagine that!
October 23, 2008 2:50 PM | Reply | Permalink
This is great and by all means, the AFL-CIO should make efforts in the state. They've got enough resources to push the envelope of the map a bit beyond what the Obama campaign might be doing.
It is interesting to me that they chose a firefighter rather than a mineworker for the ad. Maybe the percentage of WV union members who work in the mines isn't that high anymore.
October 23, 2008 2:54 PM | Reply | Permalink
I think the firefighter=hero theme would work well with a broad range of union workers -- postal workers (for example) as well as miners -- which would be what the AFL-CIO would be looking for.
October 23, 2008 3:21 PM | Reply | Permalink
True, true. In fact, the fire fighters union has been especially active and has TV ads bashing McShame's health care plan on the air:
http://voices.washingtonpost.com/the-trail/2008/10/22/firefighters_target_mccain_gop.html
October 23, 2008 3:59 PM | Reply | Permalink
I was a strong hillary clinton fan during the primires..... i then became a strong fan of John McCain, but when i went to vote today, i cast my vote for Barack Obama.....
I saw the light....
GO OBAMA!!!!!!
Here are the 8 states that i believe we need to watch on election night.......
Ohio (20 ev)
Pennsylvania (21 ev)
Florida (27 ev)
Indiana (11 ev)
Virginia (13 ev)
North Carolina (15 ev)
Missouri (11 ev)
New Hampshire (4 ev)
As of today.... all 8 are leaning for Obama:)
Yes we will:)
October 23, 2008 2:54 PM | Reply | Permalink
Bravo, HC08!
October 23, 2008 3:08 PM | Reply | Permalink
Just to echo the redoubtable HyperRevue, bravo HC08! Meanwhile, I am looking very much forward to watching all of those states go blue (I like to say "Go Blue!"; it appeals to my inner Wolverine. Indeed, I am especially looking forward to watching Ohio "go blue.") I look forward to a great blue radiance, shining forth from the northeast tip of Maine and spreading like a sunbeam towards North Dakota, spreading down through Minnesota and Iowa to Missouri, and then (with a tiny shadow of red obscuring KY and TN) continuing on to illuminate North Carolina, Georgia and Florida.
October 23, 2008 3:27 PM | Reply | Permalink
How about some Obama ads in Montana now?
Montana State
O 44
M 40
October 23, 2008 2:55 PM | Reply | Permalink
Hmmm, I notice the old, and potentially misleading, "your union" tag from the Democratic primary. Probably not an issue this time. Has any major (or non-major) union endorsed McCain?
October 23, 2008 2:59 PM | Reply | Permalink
In what sense is WV "deep red"? Sure, it went for Bush twice, but we could say that much of Florida and Ohio and Colorado, and it seems that no one describes them as "deep red." Meanwhile, WV went for Dukakis in 1988 and for Clinton twice. I do not see how that sort of voting record can be characterized as "deep red."
October 23, 2008 3:20 PM | Reply | Permalink
Trumka, Ralph Stanley, Hillary, along with Gov. Manchen's "Better a black president who is your friend than a white one who is your enemy" line will go a long way. Now if Robert Byrd could cut a few barn burning ads,,,,, sweetern than honey.
October 23, 2008 3:22 PM | Reply | Permalink
The correct phonetic spelling should be "sweetern honey". West Virginians would leave out "than".
October 23, 2008 3:46 PM | Reply | Permalink
My clan is from east Tennesse,,,,, we say it right,,,, ya never can tell about them West Virginians.
October 23, 2008 4:05 PM | Reply | Permalink