Here is a good article on Sarah Palin’s Saint Clairsville, Ohio visit today, Sunday, October 12, 2008 from a local television’s website (WTOV, Steubenville, Ohio):
http://www.wtov9.com/news/17699274/detail.html
The article states the Belmont County Sheriff’s Office estimated 7,000 to 8,000 attended the Sunday rally and describes the crowd’s enthusiastic response to Governor Palin’s statement that the McCain / Palin ticket was committed to using coal and clean coal technology which would create close to 30,000 new jobs in places like Ohio, the crowd bursting into the “mine baby mine” cheers.
WTOV Channel 9 Steubenville, Ohio is one of the two big “local” television channels in that area that would cover Saint Clairsville, Ohio news.
Here is the other local television station’s website which now has an article on the Sarah Palin rally in Belmont County, Saint Clairsville, Ohio rally today, Sunday, October 12, 2008.
http://www.wtrf.com/story.cfm?func=viewstory&storyid=45381
From this article, one of the major reasons people in that area are supporting the McCain / Palin ticket is the economy, and they believe this ticket has what it takes to help their economy.
Another LARGE issue with this Ohio crowd, according to this journalist covering the rally, is their support of the McCain / Palin ticket’s commitment to being pro-life.
Area professors from Bethany College (a private Christian college nearby) expressed excitement today for the excitement they are seeing their students have towards this election campaign.
The secondary heading to this article says it all:
Governor Palin Addresses Thousands at Brush Run Park (Ohio)
Secondary Heading:
Residents say Palin makes for a “perfect ticket”.