If these poll numbers are any indication, it’s all over but the crying for Barry O. as far as the upcoming West Virginia and Kentucky primaries are concerned.
Both states have high populations of working class white Democrats who have not warmed up to Obama. I think Hillary’s sticking around in the Dem nomination race, in part, for reasons like this - to show that states like West Virginia and Kentucky won’t be on the table for Democrats in the fall because a majority of working class white Dems won’t vote for Obama.
The Kentucky poll also suggests that Kentucky may not be much of a battleground state during the general election as McCain currently leads Hillary by 12 and Obama by 25. Kentucky has correctly picked the winner of presidential elections since 1964.
And speaking of McCain, will a Bob Barr Libertarian presidential run hurt his chances of winning in the fall? Alex Knapp at Outside the Beltway says “yes.” Robert Stacy McCain has a link round-up of news stories on Barr’s announcement.
Plus: The Ron Paulnuts aren’t done yet.
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Kentucky be da man! Since ‘64!
I’ll never have nudder bad thing ta say bout dem der hillbillies.
Comment by yo @ 5/12/2008 - 12:56 pm
And just who knows Bob Barr? Nobody. Alex Knapp is just trying to stir things up and take some shots at McCain. Nothing more.
Bob Barr has no more chance than Lyndon Larouche had. He must be fairly gullible if he could be convinced that he’s a viable candidate. Sheesh!
Comment by benning @ 5/12/2008 - 1:13 pm
I have been hearing no Democrat has won the whitehouse without carrying WV, and it looks like Obama cannot do this.
Comment by sanity @ 5/12/2008 - 5:29 pm
And speaking of McCain, will a Bob Barr Libertarian presidential run hurt his chances of winning in the fall?
In a word - no. The MSM assured us that Grand Wizard Ron Paul was on the fast track to the GOP nomination. In a two-way race with McCain he rarely gets above 5%. Even the Huckster outpolls Paul - and he dropped out long ago.
Now the MSM is making similar wild claims about Barr. Don’t believe a word of it. Paul ran as a Libertarian in 1988, and it was predicted at the time that he would cost the first Bush the Presidency. It was the typical load of MSM hooey as Paul got skunked almost as bad as he did in this year’s GOP primary.
I think that all of this - including the Newsweek smear - indicate that the the MSM is not confident about the chances of He Whose Middle Name Must Not Be Mentioned.
Comment by Mwalimu Daudi @ 5/12/2008 - 5:35 pm
Go Hillary GO !!!
Comment by Baklava @ 5/13/2008 - 12:42 am
ST ponders (and I love it when she does):
Well it sure can’t help!
Comment by Leslie @ 5/13/2008 - 10:54 am