I watched a little of Byrd yesterday. That old fart isn't even coherent anymore and he's running again?
Who votes for that guy, skeletons?
I totally agree w you. I don't know anything about WV politics, but IMHO it's because he's been an incumbent since Moses and he brings home LOTS of PORK!!! I also wonder if he's had any serious challengers in past years (I'm thinking probably not). Looks like he will this year, and, my guess is that if folks in WV watch any debates, they're going to have to take a second look. Also, IIRC WV was a primarily blue state until the last several years. I think that Pres Bush won the state in 2000 and that was the 1st time an R had since Reagan (but could be wrong on that).
In case you didn't see this:
Wealthy Businessman to Challenge Byrd
Associated Press ^ | Jan 25 | LAWRENCE MESSINA,
Posted on 01/25/2006 8:31:11 PM PST by george76
A multimillionaire businessman entered the GOP race to challenge Sen. Robert C. Byrd on Wednesday, hoping to deny the 88-year-old incumbent Democrat a record ninth term.
John Raese, 55, said he would campaign on a platform touting free enterprise ...
a rebirth of capitalism...
The National Republican Senatorial Committee heralded the filing by Raese, a former state GOP chairman who has sought office before.
Though four other Republicans are running in the party primary, the GOP committee called Raese "the first financially credible opponent Byrd has faced since 1982."
Raese's last major foray into election politics came nearly 18 years ago.
With narrow losses each time, he ran against Sen. Jay Rockefeller, D-W.Va., in 1984 and challenged then Gov.-Arch Moore in the 1988 GOP primary.
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