West Virginia Democrats not warming up to Barry "Goldwater" Obama

[franksolich]

http://www.theweeklystandard.com/Content/Public/Articles/000/000/015/458xffrk.asp

Oh my.

Barry "Goldwater" Obama's got a heap of troubles.

Hillary Supporters for McCain

West Virginia Democrats aren't warming up to Obama.

Chestnut Hill, West Virginia

West Virginia's registered Democrats, like their cousins in western Pennsylvania and eastern and southern Ohio, are having a hard time fitting anywhere within Barack Obama's vision of the Democratic party.

"Obama and his message just do not gel with me," said Mark Lamp as he climbed into his utility truck. Lamp, 47, from neighboring Weirton, is a registered Democrat who voted for Clinton in the May primary.

"My first problem with him is taxes, the second is experience," he explained.

Lamp has worked in construction all of his life, and the company he works for builds houses in the tri-state area. "We have been busy all year." He sees very few signs of the economy or gas prices hurting him, and they are not what drives his vote.

"I vote leadership. That is why I voted for Hillary and why I will vote McCain."

More at the link above.

[Airwolf]

Now that's going to hurt in Nov.

[franksolich]

And we're not talking about just West Virginia and its 5 electoral votes.

Those sentiments seem pretty broad across the land.

[Tess Anderson]

What kind of Democrat can ever win a national election without blue-collar workers and the middle class? This Barack Hussein Obama coalition of latte liberals, the underclass, and some snotty college kids will never have the numbers to win.

[GOBUCKS]

This Barack Hussein Obama coalition of latte liberals, the underclass, and some snotty college kids will never have the numbers to win.

That isn't a coalition. That is the democrat party. Unfortunately, those three groups can combine to carry some big electoral-vote states.