I'm no expert but we are still in the same place we were. We will win this nomination and the election in November. WV was always uphill for us.When the pundits start spinning about Barack not doing well with White voters-- Don't believe the hype... our wins in Iowa, Colorado, Virginia, and elsewhere prove that is wrong.However, if you do look at the map, the states where Obama has faced the biggest challenge are in the Appalachian region. Places like OH, PA, and WV-- where the entire state is firmly entrenched in the Appalachian mountains. To say that they are racist is unfair and oversimplified--This is a region that has faced abject poverty, is culturally more in line with republicans, and is suspicious of ANY outsider-- Black, White green or otherwise...Yes there are racists there-- but there are racist EVERYWHERE-- even in progressive blue states...Our problem is not that the people are racists, our issue is that we have a candidate who is basically an outsider to them going against a much beloved Clinton machine-- Bill with his heavy accent and poor Arkansas upbringing was very popular with the mountain folk.For the general election, we need to devise a strategy to connect with this particular voting block. I think the old style cynical political approach would be to write them off and we are better than that-- I think we can make great strides with them-- after all people are basically people. If we can appeal to their values we can get their votes.And that's my 2 cents.
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