Delegates Still Split on Clinton/Obama in W.Va.
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Posted: 1:12 PM Aug 27, 2008
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DENVER, Co. (WSAZ) -- 20 of the 28 West Virginia delegates at the Democratic National Convention are pledged to Senator Hillary Clinton.

Clinton will not get the nomination tonight when the official vote takes place for the Democratic Party. It will go to Barack Obama.

But, Hoppy Kercheval with WV Metronews reports that the delegation from West Virginia is still a little leary about Obama.

WSAZ spoke with Kercheval from the DNC Wednesday afternoon. He reports that Tom Vogel, the current executive secretary of the Democratic Party in West Virginia, will take over Obama's West Virginia efforts as soon as he returns from the DNC this weekend.

Kercheval predicts West Virginians will see visits from Joe Biden, Obama's choice for Vice President, during this campaign season.

Watch our raw interview with Kercheval inside the DNC. He also touches on what takes place during those speeches and the absence of United States Senator Robert Byrd.

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Posted by: Dave on Sep 2, 2008 at 12:03 PM
TOM- If you're a democrat and believe in all the ISSUES that Hillary supported, voting for McCain will just go against everything that she stood for. And why do I keep seeing comments from you and other people saying "It's not because Obama is black, I just question his loyalty to this country." What exactly has he done to make you question his loyalty? If you say anything about a flag pin I'll rip my hair out. This is just the WV citizens' way of saying they don't want to vote for a black man, but they also don't like being called racists. I've yet to see any real examples of why people question his loyalty.
Posted by: to tom on Sep 2, 2008 at 11:30 AM
Give it up already she lost its time to move on,heck i couldn;t even vote for her because here in Ohio you have to declare party in primaries and we had local issues that were eating us up that were repblican ticket issues so their were alot of hillary and obama people who couldn't express their votes for fear of local corruption that is tearing our community apart is that fair i dont think so but that is the way it goes so everyone just needs to move on and vote for the best possible canidate in the fall who that is i dont know but they cant be any worse
Posted by: TOm on Sep 2, 2008 at 12:08 AM
I cannot believe the Delegates went to OBama! Hillary won the Nations popular vote and so did Al Gore but you Delegates see fit to give her struggle to another canidate! That is just wrong! Yes McCain's running mate is a woman and yes America voted and a woman won the nomination but the WV Delegates gave it away! So my vote goes to McCain.. WV is not a state of whiners! We stand on belief and principles so who cares what other states say about WV I have a few choice words about them too. Bush won the election by the Delegates and has gone down in History as one of the worst President's of History, While Al Gore won a Noble Peace Prize! Wonder what great accomplishment Hilary will make and LOOK Out Obama fans! Our Delegates oviously do not know what our country was founded on and why people died! Government BY he PEOPLE, Of the People and FOR the people!! Obama is not a Black man his mother is white! His loyality to our country is my chief concern! God Bless America!
Posted by: WE WON on Aug 29, 2008 at 02:20 PM
Okay the second part of the story Rush made this call also.Man this is so unfair i shouldn't even gloat but i will and aint Sarah so pretty by the time this election is over Hillsry will have left everyones mind and everybody will be republican we truly want all the sisters in pant suit to keep up your no Obama stances we know in the end you will grow to love Sarah more than Hillary and as soon as we beat Obama in Nov and McCain finishes his 8 yrs She will be ready for your backing for 8 more yrs by that time the dems will be all but an afterthought Obama was right about one thing the world is changing and once the dem party dissolves it will be the most beautiful place. Isee where none of you liked the convention so thank god you wont have to endure it agaain. Long live WVa and the Grand Ole Party
Posted by: james on Aug 28, 2008 at 11:56 PM
well the way I see it if you vote for Macain then I guess we really are a nation of whinners, and all of the past 8 years is just in our heads. If your a dem vote dem or if your a rep vote dem do the right thing and change america.
Posted by: Anonymous on Aug 28, 2008 at 05:01 PM
The surge had NOTHING to do with Afghanistan, which is where Senator Obama called for more troops to serve. So, you're wrong on that point, as well as your others.
Posted by: Anon is wrong on Aug 28, 2008 at 03:57 PM
He called for a timeline for a withdrawal. You're wrong. Secondly, he suggested more troops in Afghanistan. Finally, Harry Reid says Obama helped him draft the ethics reform. You're 0 for 3.
Posted by: LIVE THE 10 COMMANDMENTS on Aug 28, 2008 at 03:27 PM
Much of the time, "Christians" are passing along the lies in emails about Senator Obama. I like to respond to them that they are violating one of the Commandments that they have in their front yards, but obviously not in their own lives.
Posted by: Anonymous on Aug 28, 2008 at 03:01 PM
Obama for most of his campaign called for immediate withdrawn of troops in Iraq and said no to the surge. The increase of violence in afgan. is of late and reason for more troops. Ethic reform bill credit goes to Harry Reid. Sorry you're 0 for 3.
Posted by: White and Support Obama on Aug 28, 2008 at 12:51 PM
Obamania is right. I get all these ignorant e-mails sent to me too, but I am smart enough to know they're not true. To be honest, most of the people sending those ugly e-mails know they're not true either! It is so sad to see all this RACISM hidden behind. I am white--have a white spouse--kids are white as cotton, but I do NOT have a problem with the idea of Senator Obama being our next president. Shame on ALL OF YOU who are forwarding those ugly e-mails about Obama. Have fun in the unemployment line when your ugly deeds put McCain in the white house for the next four years. Don't want to hear any of you complaining that "they took our jobs!"
Posted by: What he has accomplished on Aug 28, 2008 at 12:19 PM
1. He was right on Iraq--now Buscho set a timeline. 2. He was right on putting more troops in Afghanistan to hunt down bin Laden. Buscho is doing that. 3. He authored ethics reform for the US Senate. There's a start for you, Bob.
Posted by: Dave on Aug 28, 2008 at 12:15 PM
The delegation is still "leary" about Obama and everyone in this region is scared to death to see him in the White House simply because he's BLACK. No one will admit that though. If you honestly think Obama could make things any worse after the last 8 years of the worst president we've ever had, you've lost all touch with reality. People in WV act like they've never seen a black man before. Wake up rednecks, its not the 18th century anymore. And you morons wonder why the rest of the country makes fun of us...
Posted by: WE WON on Aug 28, 2008 at 10:41 AM
It is so great to see that the real man of the hour behind the scenes is Rush he borders on the line of smartest man in the world.And i want to thank all the people of WVa,Ohio,Kentuckey for making this happen we now have 16 yrs of the Grand Ole Party in control to look forward to.Thank God you dems are not right and it wasnt hard to bring this to light the age old plan of divide and conquer worked as planned and for that you will thank us in the long run and the funny thing is not only did it work for this election it will work next time too all we have to do is tell the obama faithful to remember how the hillary faithful bailed out on them and they will bail on her and the repub will win again is such a beautiful thing that i can hardly contain myself. So once again thank you all and god bless and good health to you all so you can keep on working and pay your taxes like good Americans should so I dont have to.Long live the privaledged GOP
Posted by: Bob on Aug 28, 2008 at 09:56 AM
No one can name anything he has achieved in his political career nor anything he his passionate about. Obama has no substance. Simply just tell us what he has achieved.
Posted by: Obamamaniac on Aug 28, 2008 at 07:28 AM
Only in America could someone like Barack Obama and Joe Biden become candidates for the highest office in the land. They are the epitomes of the American dream. Tonight in Lawrence County, OH, there are 3 convention watching parties. I invite you to attend. At the South Point event, in the city park, Senator Obama's coordinator for the County will be there and he can answer any questions you have. 9pm at South Point park.
Posted by: Cleda on Aug 28, 2008 at 12:04 AM
I am so thrilled and excited with our new Democratic Candidate for President. On the other hand it thoroughly disgust me to read and see such ignorance on so many people here in my own state who are so prejudice and hypocritical. How anyone in their right mind could ever vote for a REPUBLICAN, especially JOHN McCAIN, is beyond my comprehension. I hope and pray every day for people to wake up and use SOME GOOD COMMON SENSE IN NOV. God help us if JOHN McCAin becomes 2008 President.
Posted by: Heather on Aug 27, 2008 at 11:37 PM
Obamania... I somewhat agree, but you're not doing anything to help by basically insulting this region. The reason why the democratic party is so torn apart right now is because "Obamaniacs" (took that from your name) and "hilarites" (made that up..might be taken) are name calling each other. Basically it went like this: If you didn't like Obama, you were racist- If you didn't like Hilary, you were for terrorism... what ever happened to people having different beliefs and that being that? The name calling and the insults are getting ridiculous. John McCain knows he's going to lose..the republicans know they're going to lose and that's why they are resorting to frickin' ridiculous "ads" about Obama. Personally, I believe racism has died down A LOT in the past 10 years and will continue to die down in decades to come. Obama just isn't a good candidate and neither is McCain. It's an overqualified puppet vs. an underqualified puppet.
Posted by: to Not A Fan on Aug 27, 2008 at 11:14 PM
You make yourself sound ignorant and ill-informed. Please don't be PROUD of the fact that you get your political information from e-mails! Do real research. Also, maybe YOU need to look into what this country was founded on - read the writings of the founding fathers (Jefferson, Paine, etc.) and you will see that they did NOT want this country to be a Christian country, and in fact were Deists themselves.
Posted by: frank on Aug 27, 2008 at 07:39 PM
dem's picked the wrong person
Posted by: to MS on Aug 27, 2008 at 07:06 PM
MS - Hillary would not have won the candidacy even if the superdelegates had backed her. She simply did not win enough delegates.
Posted by: Leela on Aug 27, 2008 at 06:18 PM
Obamania is right. Judging from the comments I see posted on here and on the Herald-Dispatch, people around here get most of their news from e-mail forwards and gossipy neighbors, without bothering to see whether it's true or not.
Posted by: Not A Fan!! on Aug 27, 2008 at 04:43 PM
Obamania maybe you should pitch a tent in his back yard!! Da@!@! right we believe emails and editorials. If you are raised in christainity and move to another country and become classified as a resident there do you say I'm not christian when in reality YOU ARE!!!! I think you should do a lot more homework I have done mine!!! I personally don't feel that we have a whole lot to choose from period however I will cast my 1 vote to keep obama OUT of office. This country needs to remember what we were founded on and quit being such a melting pot!!! This man should NOT be in our white house under no uncertain terms!!!! It would be a very dangerous thing for this country. He has absolutely No experience and No Business running for this office or any other!!!!!
Posted by: MS on Aug 27, 2008 at 03:42 PM
I'm not a Dem, but it looks to me that Hillary should be the nominee, and that she was blackballed by the superdelegates. If she would have been male in gender she would be the nominee.
Posted by: Obamania on Aug 27, 2008 at 01:22 PM
WV is still concerned about Senator Obama because the residents believe all the emails written about him. In fact, this entire region is backward.
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