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West Virginia FReeper Jay Wolfe has been ignored by the entire political establishment in his bid to unseat liberal incumbent U.S. Senator Jay Rockefeller...but they also wrote the state off in 2000 as unwinnable for Bush.

Who exactly was writing off Bush as having a chance in WV? Of the 13 state-wide polls I'm aware of that were released out of WV during 2000, Bush led in 11 of them. To my recollection, WV was considered in play all along. If there were similiar poll results for Jay Wolfe, I'm sure people wouldn't be ignoring this race.

So why did they invest less than 10 grand here? They raised over a quarter million in the state...but by the time it was over, they were even pulling signs out of here and sending them to other states. Shoot, signs were virtually the only investment they made.

The election was decided here by 4 things, ultimately: 1. Bush visited repeatedly. 2. Gore sucked, and the voters knew it. 3. The gun issue. 4. Strong grassroots work in the precincts.

Rockefeller has an 'F' from the NRA...Wolfe has an 'A'...and the 300,000 plus hunting license holders know it.

We have the best organization going the state has seen...there are counties that have never been organized down to the precinct level by the GOP that have now been organized by the Wolfe volunteers.

Besides, this is a midterm election...historically very low turnout for the Dems. 250,000 votes will in all likelihood win it for us.

The Republicans are getting energized, and working their hearts out to get out the vote---who knows?

If there were similiar poll results for Jay Wolfe, I'm sure people wouldn't be ignoring this race.

If the Senatorial Committee wasn't afraid to spend at least some modest amount of THEIR (HA) money in WV, maybe there would be some poll results...but so far, not a stinkin dime. I'll be d*mned if I'm going to take scant resources that are winning votes and give them to a pollster to tell me what I already know.

Instead, they invest hundreds of thousands into Mike Taylor, and into campaigns that are already flush with cash. When I heard Taylor whine about how little he had received (only a million!) before his cowardly withdrawal on Hannity's show the other day, I wanted to drive to MT and strangle him (figuratively speaking, of course.)

With the $250,000 the leadership of this Party could give Wolfe with no pain or loss on their part, we could put away Rockefeller for good...I am sure of it.

One visit by the President would be helpful too.