[zbigreddogz]

People keep saying that WV is gonna be tougher for Bush this time, but I don't see it. Gore lost it because of Gay issues and Gun Control. Kerry makes Gore look like a piker on these issues, and he's a new england liberal, not a southerner. I just don't see the down home folk from WV voting for a gun-grabbing Mass. lib.

I think Bush should be favored to win WV because of this.

[TomEwall]

WV has been kind of puzzling for me too. I guess it's the job situation that has made people think WV has moved to Kerry. In addition to the factors you cited, WV is a very patriotic state, which should help Bush.

Bush took WV by 6 points last time, which is quite a lot to move. OTOH, Gore took PA by 5. It seems odds to think that both PA and WV have gotten tighter.

[JohnBDay]

I just don't see the down home folk from WV voting for a gun-grabbing Mass. lib.

They did in 1988.