MSNBC: Clinton is Projected Winner in W. Va

Source: NBC News

Clinton is projected winner in W.Va., NBC says
Obama adds to superdelegate lead, looks ahead to battling McCain

CHARLESTON, W.Va. - Sen. Hillary Rodham Clinton was projected to win the West Virginia primary Tuesday, NBC News said, beating Sen. Barack Obama by a wide margin even as her rival edged closer to the Democratic presidential nomination by picking up more superdelegates.

The loss did not threaten Obama's lead in the race for the nomination. He conceded defeat in advance in the state, looking ahead to the Oregon primary later in the month and the campaign against John McCain.

"This is our chance to build a new majority of Democrats and independents and Republicans who know that four more years of George Bush just won't do," he said at a campaign appearance in Missouri, which looms as a battleground state in the fall. "This is our moment to turn the page on the divisions and distractions that pass for politics in Washington," added the man seeking to become the fist black presidential nominee of a major party.

Interviews with West Virginians leaving their polling places showed an overwhelmingly white electorate composed of the kinds of voters who favored Clinton in past primaries. Nearly a quarter were 60 or older, and a similar number had no education beyond high school. More than half were in families with incomes of $50,000 or less.

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Olbermann: "2 to 1 Margin"

WV will be for McCain regardless.

This is a blood red state in the GE anyway. The state wouldn't shift blue if Hillary were our nominee. Get real.

these people are the ones who suffer the most from Repuke policies.

I think when the race finally turns to Obama vs. McCain, we'll see Obama put more red states into play. You seem to forget that both Kerry & Gore "technically" won without WV.

need WV to do it. Thought I made that pretty clear.

Answer: None.

Blood will be on their hands and hands of anyone who votes for McCain.

rather than Obama doesn't mean that my neighbors won't vote dem in the GE. Don't forget that labor was practically born in WV. This is a traditionally Dem state by a wide margin. We aren't all a bunch of racist, inbred hicks like I've been reading here lately.

Some of us aren't even distantly related to our spouses. :)

Congrats on a stellar win!

Anything to avoid voting for a black man -- even if it means the wife of the guy who sold them into NAFTA slavery.

Gotta love what a lifetime losing neurons to the TV does to people.

A man from WVA was quoted in a recent article, “I want someone who is a full-blooded American as president.”

I had no idea that Obama wasn't full-blooded.

What happened to all of his blood? :shrug:

My guess is that many people who don't support Obama think that he's not going to be any better on trade than Clinton.

That little flap with Goolsbee and the Canadians may have legs.

I'd be happier if Obama chose Reich as his economic advisor and let Goolsbee endorse him instead of the other way around.

Take her home to NY.