I assume that Obama will lose West Virginia tomorrow, big.
But I suspect he will not lose quite as big as John McCain did on Super Tuesday there, where he lost to both Huckabee and Romney, and got only 17.3% of the vote in first round caucus balloting. http://thehill.com/...
You may hear about the Republican primary in West Virginia tomorrow. You will likely hear that McCain won. But remember this is the second time West Virginia Republicans are selecting delegates -- like the Texas two-step.
The caucus took place on Super Tuesday, at a time in which McCain was the front runner, but still needed delegates. McCain only received 17.3% of the caucus votes in the first round balloting. In the second round balloting, McCain's people could only play the spoiler role and threw a tight race to Huckabee over Romney, and McCain ended up with 1% of the vote. But let's give him the benefit of the doubt and give him the first round, 17.3% of the vote. Now, tomorrow, I assume McCain will win the primary big, because only because Romney and Huckabee have dropped out. If Hillary had dropped out by now, I assume Obama would win West Virginia big as well.
But tomorrow Team Hillary will be saying that her big victory in West Virginia means that she is the only one who can carry the state against John McCain.
By that logic, Obama has nothing to fear in that state, because the Republicans did not nominate Huckabee or Romney.