Posted on 09/11/2006 3:42:21 PM PDT by okstate
After garnering support levels in the high 50s for the last several months, Democratic Senator Robert Byrd has pierced the 60% threshold in our polling to now lead Republican John Raese 63% to 30%.
That adds eight points to the spread. Our August survey showed the Senator over-flying his Republican opponent 56% to 31%, a mere twenty-five-point advantage.
Byrd, the longest-serving member of the U.S. Senate, is known for his oratory, unabashed vigor in bringing pork projects to his state, and opposition to the war in Iraq. Should he win, he will be 89 as he begins his new term.
A West Virginia paper noted in a recent editorial that the Republican challenger is still being sighted on the campaign trail, implying that Raese's efforts to replace Byrd, albeit foundering, are not yet dead.
Senator Byrd is viewed favorably by 74%, "very favorably" by 47%. Reese is viewed favorably by 42%, "very favorably" by only 12%; 23% view him "very unfavorably."
Another popular Democrat in the state is Governor Joe Manchin; his job performance wins 79% overall approval, 41% strong approval. The latter figure is close to the proportion, 42%, who "strongly disapprove" of the performance of President Bush.
The frequent discrepancy in how Republican voters and Democratic voters view the ideology of their candidates is quite marked in Byrd's case. Fifty-six percent (56%) of Republicans see the Senator as politically liberal, 21% as moderate. By contrast, 46% of Democrats see him as moderate, only 18% as liberal. And an even greater number of Democrats, 28%, see him as conservative.
Raese is seen as conservative by a plurality of each of these groups, and by 55% of liberals.
The media and the people of West Virgina need to ask the question, just what activities the KKK and Robert Byrd were involved with ? It wasn't just a social club!..........their principal activities included Lynchings and killing of people.Why has no one ever bothered to ask Mr. Byrd If he ever participated in such events.....or maybe conspired to do so or if he knew people that did? And by the way, does anyone know what the statute of limitations would be on such crimes in West Virgina.......I think this is a question that should be aired and debated by the candidates.Maybe the media can also research exactly how many lynchings or acts of violence occured in the state of West Virgina during the reign of thier great Senator in the KKK.
Ah, we call it Byrdseed. I think he got 89% of the vote last election so this is progress. I don't get it at all and thankfully we have well and not city water. Maybe they put something in it?
His late wife Emma has at least one building named after her as well. If you can stomach it, look it up.
Do they put him on those baby changing tables when they change his Depends?
Kristinn, can you help us out and get this guy on tape?....so the people of this state can see what they continue to put in office.
"Byrd, the longest-serving member of the U.S. Senate, is known for his oratory, unabashed vigor in bringing pork projects to his state, and opposition to the war in Iraq."
Thanks, in large part, to the significant number of Robert C. Byrd Moonshine Stills that is keeing his constitutents too pickled to think intelligently....
Who is governor of WV? Would they keep a democrat seat when Byrd dies in office?
Another popular Democrat in the state is Governor Joe Manchin; his job performance wins 79% overall approval,
OK.
Nice, I'm assuming your comment means you won't come here. Good.
Joe Manchin is, democrat.
Apparently the senile voter bloc is larger than supposed.
The KKK was not exactly a social club.It engaged in activities that are well know ,such as lynchings, violence and killing people.It should be an issue addressed and debated by the candidates.......what activities did Robert Byrd Participate in when he was a member of the KKK ?Was he ever involved in any lynchings or killings?Or did he have knowledge of people who were?What is the statue of limitations for these crimes in West Virgina?......maybe the media could research the issue of exactly how many such activities occured during the reign of the great Senator Byrd with the KKK.....I think these are questions that sadly are overdue need to be asked .
Byrd is very clever. His voters are the ones so invested in payoffs that they care nothing for congressional integrity.
How many times are you going to post this same paragraph on this and other threads?
Come on, now, I was only joking. I assumed everyone knew that no self-respecting West Virginian would have sex with a goat.
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