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Dark lining to Hillary's silver cloud

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Two facts about yesterday's election should take the wind out of Hillary's already slashed and tattered sails.  First, John Edwards, who isn't even running, received 7% of the vote - this isn't a good sign that she'd even have a chance to carry WV, not with McCain running 12 points ahead of her there already.

The turnout, too, has to hurt - just "normal".  The massive surge of mountaineers Bill had been asking for never materialized in a state tailor-made for the Clintons.


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There is a great column on Huff Post today by R. J. Eskow called "Even The Racists Are Deserting Hillary":

"when it comes to a avidly racist percentage of white working Americans she's right. But the problem is, a lot of those voters probably won't vote for a woman either. In fact, it could be the only way they'll vote for a woman is if her opponent's black (and she's not).

They're so reluctant, in fact, that 7% of the voters in West Virginia voted for John Edwards, who isn't even in the race. That fact is nothing short of stunning. Faced with a black man and a white woman, these voters chose a white man who isn't running. And these are Democrats. Among Southern whites, this makes them the Left."

http://www.huffingtonpost.com/rj-eskow/even-the-racists-are-dese_b_101623.html

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