Race and Reconcilliation in WV

An intimate look at how the dynamics of race affect the Democratic party on West Virginia.

Almost as soon as Obama locked up the Democratic presidential nomination, the order came from Washington to merge the operations of the Democratic Party and the Obama campaign from the top down to the local level.

The predominately elderly, white organizers who have run the county Democratic Party here for a generation were uneasy about integrating their operation with the Democratic presidential campaign, which was filled with new, unknown faces, many of them minorities.

West Virginia

Political Punch:

Sen. Barack Obama's campaign will be buying TV ad time in West Virginia, a red state that President Bush won twice...Is this a head fake? A move to make McCain spend money in a state he was counting on not having to compete in? A real push? We shall see. Sen. Joe Biden, D-Del., tellingly, will visit the Mountaineer State soon.

News Briefs, 10/10/08

President Bush is set to remove North Korea from the U.S. list of terrorist-sponsoring nations.

Finland's former president Martti Ahtisaari received the Nobel Peace Prize.

Add West Virginia to the swing states. Gov. Palin schedules a bus tour through West Virginia.

A judge orders Palin to preserve emails on private accounts.

Former Michigan Gov. Milliken and other GOP moderates back away from McCain.

News Briefs, 10/9/08

The Alaska Supreme Court refuses to halt 'troopergate' investigation.

The Obama campaign purchased a half-hour primetime slot on CBS. Negotiations with the other networks continue.

West Virginia is now a 'toss-up'.

Josh Goodman thinks Obama dodged a bullet by not picking Kaine.

Florida's ambitious plans to restore the Everglades may have to be revisited due to the economic turmoil.