Yes, Hillary will win West Virginia big tonight, and kudos to her campaign for doing so; but there was no 60 point win blowout. There will be a 40 point blowout win for Clinton tonight, with 92% of the vote in, but what this means is that Obama did 20 points better than expected by all of the pre-election polls that the Clinton Campaign was claiming early on.
My apologies to Melvin here, and only if you were reading last night on the diaries that didn't make the rec' list, as most of the diaries I respond toward and actually write never make, would you understand why I was apologizing to Melvin. If you need more that that, here is my post to Melvin last night:
http://www.dailykos.com/...
Perhaps for Melvin, I wished to share something from my own hometown, that being from the humble, often ridiculed County of Palm Beach, in the State of Florida. I actually think when it comes to the general election, this county will shine for Obama, and it is because of Jewish voters and because of rural voters, white, working class, women, without a college degree like myself.
As I suggested for Melvin, I live in an area that would have been written off for an Obama candidacy, in a similar way as the entire state of West Virginia was written off by the Obama candidancy. While the stereotypes for my community, within my county have greatly shifted, unfortunately for Melvin and West Virginia, this does not appear to be the case.
I humbly suggest that Obama made a huge mistake by not campaigning more diligently in West Virginia, but he has time to do so before the general, and I sincerely hope he does not write off the State of West Virginia for November, 2008.
I do note Obama is planning a trip here, to the State of Florida, for next week. A State where our delegates have not yet been seated, a State where I voted for him knowing my vote would not count, and where I, a lowly middle classed white female hard working American without a college degree have not only voted for him, but actually donated dollars I couldn't afford toward his campaign. I can find no information on where he will appear, or if I wish to see him if I must offer additional dollars (as would be typical of any candidate I support who I can never see for "free"), but I do know he will be appearing in my "county".
If you are into polls, please give me your odds on my actually gaining an audience with Obama, or even gaining attendance at a fundraiser he might be holding here...