Great profile of Republican Amanda Messler in the Weirton Times Daily…
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The Lexington Herald-Leader highlights that many folks associated with the coal industry are planning to spend big this election cycle to target anti-coal members of Congress. Those being targeted include Congressman Nick Rahall from West Virginia’s Third Congressional District.

“With the recent Supreme Court ruling, we are in a position to be able to take corporate positions that were not previously available in allowing our voices to be heard,” wrote Roger Nicholson, senior vice president and general counsel at International Coal Group of Scott Depot, W.Va., in an undated letter he sent to other coal companies.

“A number of coal industry representatives recently have been considering developing a 527 entity with the purpose of attempting to defeat anti-coal incumbents in select races, as well as elect pro-coal candidates running for certain open seats,” Nicholson wrote. “We’re requesting your consideration as to whether your company would be willing to meet to discuss a significant commitment to such an effort.”

Read the complete story on the Lexington Herald-Leader website by clicking here.

Which would you prefer, a candidate supported by a terrorist group or by Sarah Palin?
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(Cross-posted from HuntingtonNews.net.)

Raese Calls Rasmussen Poll “Quite Encouraging”
GOP Challenger leading by 12 points among Independents

It’s a double digit lead, but Republican U.S. Senate candidate John Raese sees potential in the new Rasmussen poll out Friday that shows Joe Manchin with a 16 point advantage out of the starting gate.
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The Energy Tax Bill is dead and the environmental activist writer at the Charleston Gazette Ken Ward is mourning. It’s safe to say that he can go back to trying to put the chemical industry out of business in the Kanawha Valley.
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Mike Stuart, President of the West Virginia Conservative Foundation, was elected as Chairman of the West Virginia Republican Party at its summer meeting in Morgantown, West Virginia yesterday. Republicans voted by an overwhelming 62% to 38% margin to elevate Stuart over incumbent Chairman Doug McKinney.

• Harry C. Bruner of Charleston, WV
• Kenneth Culp of Summersville, WV
• Albert Howard of San Pedro, CA
• Frank T. Kubic of Charles Town, WV
• Lynette Kennedy McQuain of Baxter, WV
• John Raese of Morgantown, WV
• Charles “Bud” Railey of Bridgeport, WV
• Daniel Scott Rebich of Buckhannon, WV
• Thomas Ressler of Falling Waters, WV
• Mac Warner of Morgantown, WV
• Scott Williams of Buckhannon, WV

State Republicans today elected Charleston lawyer Mike Stuart their new chairman.

Stuart won over 74-45 over current incumbent Doug McKinney, who’s been party chief since 2006.

Troy Berman, who was hired by McKinney last year as the party’s executive director, says he’s no longer working for the party now that McKinney is out.

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The Charleston Daily Mail highlights that Governor Joe Manchin supports pro-union card check legislation…

“Likewise, AFL-CIO Secretary-Treasurer Larry Matheney cited a letter Manchin and 15 other governors signed in summer 2007 to “strongly urge” the Democratic and Republican leaders of the U.S. Senate to support the legislation.”

Read the full story by Ry Rivard (@ryrivard) here.

THE 2008 WEST VIRGINIA REPUBLICAN PARTY CONVENTION! - Less Than 1 Percent Decided
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It appears the West Virginia Republican Party has truly taken Chairman McKinney’s advice and stopped standing up for social and family issues.
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The movement to draft Shelley Moore Capito for U.S. Senate is well underway. The following e-mail was forwarded to West Virginia Red last night…
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As pointed out by the Weekly Standard this past weekend, Governor Joe Manchin has endorsed President Barack Obama’s health care reform legislation. You can watch the video of Governor Joe Manchin endorsing Obamacare by clicking here.
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From the National Review Online…

Rep. Shelley Moore Capito (R., W. Va.) tells National Review Online that she will decide on whether to run for the U.S. Senate by early next week.
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