[fieldmarshaldj]

We couldn't even hold the Governorship, so '00 was a mixed bag. We actually were on track to political parity in the legislature in the early '70s until Watergate wiped out the gains, and we've never done as well since. They also should probably go to single-member districts in the state, too. Shelley Moore Capito might be a good candidate for the US Senate seat if and when Rockefeller or Byrd depart or buy the farm (and she's the first reelected Republican to a WV US House seat since her father, Arch, in 1966), but if she runs, the House seat will probably fall back into 'Rat hands.

[CPT Clay]

Good news! Wish that ARk gop would achieve parity.

[mountaineer]

We couldn't even hold the Governorship, so '00 was a mixed bag.

I don't presume to know all of the reasons Underwood lost in '00, but do know - from covering some of Wise's campaign stops as a reporter - that it couldn't have hurt him (Wise) that he promised the sun, moon and stars to senior citizens wherever he went. By now, they all should have received all those free prescription drugs that were expressly or impliedly promised, but I doubt they'll remember that Wise failed to deliver, come 2004.