Umm...Bob Byrd is a from a Red State....West Virginia went for Bush in both 2000 and 2004
Yeah, but when Byrd was elected "Senator for life," which is what I was referring to, it was as blue as blue could be.
From USINFO.STATE.GOV:
Until the 2000 presidential election, West Virginia had voted Republican in only three of the last 18 presidential elections: 1956, 1972, and 1984, all elections that featured Republican incumbents.
So although you're right in the current state of the state, I was right in the historic sense.
(did I weasel out of that screw up OK?) ;^>