Is West Virginia Slipping Way From McCain?
Posted Oct 11, 2008 at 8:54 AM by Maurice Berger
With a recent ARG poll showing Obama up +8 in West Virginia, the Republican trending state--once of the most reliably Democratic in the nation--may suddenly be a problem for the McCain campaign. The Republican's overall PT average lead in the state is now at +2.3%. But if the activity of the McCain campaign is any indicator, West Virginia may once again be trending blue. As CNN reports: " In what may be another signal that the troubled economy is forcing John McCain’s campaign to play electoral map defense, Sarah Palin has scheduled a bus tour for Sunday through West Virginia, a state that’s been leaning red throughout this presidential race. Palin had already scheduled a bus tour of Pennsylvania on Saturday, but she will now repeat that act on Sunday by making various unannounced stops throughout West Virginia, culminating in a campaign event in southeast Ohio."
