John Fund with the Wall Street Journal takes a look at the Manchin vs. Raese race in West Virginia…

Keep Manchin in the Mansion?
Another Democratic Senate seat is in danger.

As if Democrats didn’t have enough headaches, it now appears another of their Senate seats is in play.

Rasmussen Reports has a new survey out showing West Virginia Democratic Governor Joe Manchin with a slimmer-than-expected lead in November’s special election to fill out the unexpired part of the late Robert Byrd’s term. The results prompted pollster Scott Rasmussen to move the seat into the “leans Democratic” category.
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From Rasmussen Reports…

West Virginia Governor Joe Manchin and Republican businessman John Raese continue to run a surprisingly close race in the state’s special Senate election to replace the late Robert Byrd.

The latest Rasmussen Reports telephone survey of Likely Voters in West Virginia shows Manchin with 50% support and Raese with 45%, when leaners are included. Two percent (2%) prefer some other candidate in the race, and three percent (3%) are undecided.
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In the Democratic Primary in May 2008, Hillary Clinton won West Virginia with 67% of the vote and Barack Obama got 26% support.

On June 6, 2008, Governor Joe Manchin endorsed the candidacy of Barack Obama for President of the United States:

“I have had the opportunity to speak directly with Sen. Hillary Clinton and former President Bill Clinton and they both wanted me to convey to the people of West Virginia how much they sincerely appreciate the support they have consistently received from our state.”
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Governor Joe Manchin at the UMWA Labor Day Rally in 2009:

In the first Rasmussen Reports post-primary survey of West Virginia’s U.S. Senate race, Democratic Governor Joe Manchin attracts 48% of the vote while Republican businessman John Raese earns 42%.
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Does anyone else find it interesting that Governor Manchin obtained less than 75% of the vote on Saturday? This is a politician the media has all but crowned the next United States Senator from West Virginia. However, one in four Democrats who voted on Saturday chose another candidate. I know someone could same the same thing about John Raese, but John Raese hasn’t been held to the same standard as Governor Manchin. What are your thoughts?

The National Republican Senatorial Committee on Joe Manchin…

As Reid, Schumer Pour Campaign Cash Into Manchin’s U.S. Senate Bid, Voters Are Reminded Of His Loyal Support For The Washington Democrats’ Tax-And-Spend Agenda

WASHINGTON – Since breaking his promise to serve a full term as Governor, liberal Democrat Senate hopeful Joe Manchin (D-WV) has padded his campaign war chest with political action committee (PAC) contributions from top Washington Democrat party bosses, reminding West Virginia voters of the liberal tax-and-spend agenda he would rubberstamp if sent to Washington.
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The Kanawha County Republican Executive Committee will host John Raese, candidates for the United States Senate at its monthly luncheon today. The luncheon will begin at Noon in the Civic Center Lounge at the Charleston Civic Center. The lunch buffet is dutch treat and costs $10.00/person. The lunch includes drinks and parking at no additional cost.

(Cross posted editorial from HuntingtonNews.Net)

As much as we all may complain about politics, there is a fun side to it, one that some politicians embrace and others don’t know how to love. Retail politics, going door to door, shaking hands, and meeting young and old alike is a tradition in West Virginia that goes back as far as the founding of our state in 1863.
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The Parkersburg Tea Party group will host a candidate’s forum for the candidate running in the special election to complete the unexpired term of Senator Byrd. The forum will take place on Monday, August 9th at 6:30 p.m. The event will be held in the Parkersburg City Council Chambers in Wood County. The forum is free and open to all political parties.

(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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• 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

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.