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CLICK TO PURCHASE -- Click the image above to purchase a ticket to the Rock'n'Roll Party for Russ Weeks on Sept. 16 at the Raleigh County Armory in Beckley. All online donations of $20 or more between now and Sept. 16 to the Weeks campaign will be credited toward admission to the event. Tickets are also available at WVGOP headquarters. The fundraiser is being hosted by Joe and Julia Long, Del. Linda Sumner, Raleigh County Chairman Dereck Severt, and Summers County Chairman Joe Garcia. Call 304-344-4671 for more details, or click here.
Condescending Gibson fails to zing Palin in TV Q&A Thursday
GOP VP candidate handles juvenile attitude with grace, despite anchor's air of stern professorial superiority
Questioning Sarah Palin as though she was a borderline school girl being considered for admittance to Harvard (check out a similar scene in the movie "Legally Blonde") ABC news anchor Charles Gibson did his best to appear as conteptuous and dismissive of his subject as he could possibly be Thursday when his network aired the first of several segments of his interview with the Alaska governor and vice presidential candidate.But Palin remained calm, cool and in control, refusing to be baited by Gibson into saying anything outrageous or even disastrous from a worldview perspective.On Thursday, portions of the heavily edited interview were shown on both the evening news and later on "Nightline." The heavy-handed editing job was disturbing, as clearly many of Palin's answers were chopped off practically in mid-sentence.Most annoying was Gibson's incessant effort to get Palin to say that the U.S. would invade Pakistan without that government's permission. Palin repeated several times that the U.S. must do "whatever it takes" to defend itself from terrorists, and refused to go beyond that statement. Even sitting persidents or vice presidents will not openly say they intend to invade a country until they are actually ready to do so, and Palin wasn't about to go there either, to her credit.
Otherwise, Palin's answers about God's plan (apparently a foreign idea to Gibson), global warming, and drilling in Anwar were short of newsworthy, even if Gibson tried to insist that Palin has changed her global warming stance to move closer to McCain's.Gibson was utterly boorish throughout the entire episode, and it will be interesting to see whether that tone holds true through the remaining portions to be shown today on various programs. It would also be interesting to see if Gibson would adopt such a demeaning attitude if his subject was Barack Obama, Joe Biden or even John McCain. Probably not. Beckley paper says Manchin to debate 4 times
The Beckley Register-Herald reported Thursday that Gov. Joe Manchin has agreed to four debates with challenger Russ Weeks, but southern West Virginia is being left out of the mix entirely.As reported by the Beckley paper, "Gov. Joe Manchin and Republican challenger Russ Weeks have campaigned in opposite directions all summer, but their paths are set to cross four times in a nine-day stretch with a series of debates, none of them in a physical locale within southern West Virginia."But never fear. Manchin's campaign manager, Sarah Payne Scarbro, assured southern residents, "the region won’t be left out because both the Public Broadcasters-AP debate and the one hosted by the West Virginia Broadcasters Association will blanket the region. 'Those will definitely reach southern West Virginia,' she said."Kinda like, hey, the Super Bowl will never be in West Virginia, but it's on TV, right?(Press Release) Poll results announced Thursday confirm that the race for at least one of the Supreme Court seats in 2008 is extremely close, with Beth Walker well-positioned to compete in November. Mark Blankenship, President and CEO of Mark Blankenship Enterprises, a Charleston polling firm, announced Thursday on West Virginia Metro News Talkline with Hoppy Kercheval that the West Virginia Supreme Court race is an "absolute statistical dead heat."The poll of 432 registered voters, conducted over the weekend, shows Margaret Workman leading the race. The real race is between Menis Ketchum and Beth Walker, who vie for the second seat. The poll results are as follows:Margaret Workman - 42%
Menis Ketchum - 23%
Beth Walker - 21%
Undecided - 28%
Margin of Error - 4.7%
"This polling information reflects exactly what we have always thought about this race and mirrors the response I have received while traveling around West Virginia," said Walker. "I am confident that in the final weeks of the campaign, voters will respond positively to our message. I am the only conservative in this race, and I am deeply committed to the West Virginia values of integrity and fairness," Walker stated.
Walker campaign touts poll results showing Court race shaping up as too close to call
BETH WALKER
(Press Release) Attorney General Candidate Dan Greear personally thanked the more than two dozen volunteers who have spent their evenings at the Greear for AG headquarters making phone calls to prospective voters.“I can’t thank my volunteers enough,” Greear said. “It is incredible to think we will have dozens of volunteers making phone calls on my behalf over the coming weeks. With over 2,500 phone calls in the first two days, we expect to make contact with every potential swing voter in the state. Our volunteers are giving the voters a very simple message; it’s time for a change in the AG’s office and Dan Greear is the person to do it.”Greear said phone banks will continue every weeknight for the rest of the campaign and he asked for additional volunteers. “When you are making thousands of phone calls and having the vast grassroots effort we are undertaking, legions of volunteers are needed. We have been fortunate to have dozens of volunteers already and I believe the number of volunteers and phone calls being made show our strong grassroots support among West Virginians.” Greear has been crisscrossing the state, his staff and family have spread out and campaigned in all 55 counties. Greear is humbled by the efforts average West Virginians are making to help him overcome McGraw’s huge fundraising and name recognition advantage. “We have the volunteer base, campaign staff and determination to battle for every single swing vote in the state. We are going door-to-door, we are going to festivals and parades, and we are phone banking reaching more than 1,200 voters a night. We believe these grassroots efforts will be the determining factor in what will certainly be a close election.”
Greear thanks volunteers, says phone banks will continue to work
DAN GREEAR
