Given that Democrats hold an almost 2 to 1 edge in voter registration in WV, and given the GOP has almost no effective local organization to carry out GOTV campaigns, I think Freepers, including myself, have been a bit over optimistic on this one. Obama is detested in WV, but an almost 90 year tradition of voting D in state and local races is hard to overcome. It is not over, but it is going to hard for Raese to pull it out, especially since the out of state funded attack ads against Manchin seem to have backfired. WV voters do not like what is perceived to be outside carpet baggers.
“Given that Democrats hold an almost 2 to 1 edge in voter registration in WV, and given the GOP has almost no effective local organization to carry out GOTV campaigns, I think Freepers, including myself, have been a bit over optimistic on this one...”
You’ve bashed Raese and his chances in lots of previous threads...not credible.
And at any rate, even if Manchin loses, he still is where he’s wanted the most...