According to a story in the Wheeling Intelligencer on Sunday, State Senator Mike Oliverio says a poll of 600 likely Democratic primary voters he conducted in WV-01 shows Congressman Alan Mollohan with a lower approval rating than President Barack Obama.
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As I said earlier this week, the politicians in Charleston continue to dawdle as the number of West Virginians who lost their job over the last year climbed to over 32,000 last month and continues to rise.
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In a memo yesterday, Republican Whip Eric Cantors lays out the prospects that House Speaker Nancy Pelosi does not have the votes to pass any additional health care reforms which may result from today’s health care reform summit through the budgetary reconciliation process.
Cantor lists Congressman Alan Mollohan and Congressman Nick Rahall in a list of six members that might switch their previous YES votes on health care reform to NO votes citing difficult re-election races this year.
In a story in the West Virginia Record, the Spike Maynard for Congress campaign re-enforces the notion that the entrance of former Supreme Court of Appeals of West Virginia Judge Elliott “Spike” Maynard is the only reason why the seat is considered in play by the nationally known non-partisan Cook Political Report.
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In 2009, during the heated debate over the original health care reform bill and the cap and trade bill Senator Robert Byrd sent this letter to the Senate Appropriations Committee regarding the use of the budget reconciliation process to pass health care reform or climate change legislation.
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Today, Mac Warner for Congress released the following press release…
This year’s legislative session is well past the halfway point and headed toward its sixty day adjournment having accomplished very little for the people of West Virginia. It’s clear by their inaction on several big issues that the only thing the politicians are concerned about are their re-election efforts.
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It’s no wonder union membership is on the decline. The organization supports candidates who call coal a “dirty energy” source and do very little to stand up to a rogue EPA. Wonder if they endorse Lisa Jackson also?
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By Stephen Reed (Cross-posted from HuntingtonNews.Net)
Every so often, the public gets so fed up with what’s going on (or not going on) in Washington, D.C. with their elected leaders that the hue and cry of “Term Limits!” comes up for conversation.
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The Intelligencer has a story today highlighting the candidacy of former State Senator Sarah Minear. The full text of the interview is below.
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Congressman Nick Rahall is changing his tune on the Environmental Protection Agency (EPA) as he realizes this will likely be the toughest re-election campaign ever for him. In October, Rahall expressed confidence in the EPA’s action’s with regards to withholding mining permits in a Beckley Register Herald story.
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From our friend Don Surber at the Charleston Daily Mail…
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You probably won’t see this on the environmental domestic terrorist report from the Charleston Gazette, so I felt compelled to post it.
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The nonpartisan political analysts at the Cook Political Report made GOP favorable ratings changes in two West Virginia congressional races today.
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