As is well-known, Hillary Clinton delivered a pronounced thumping to Senator Barack Obama in the West Virginia primary. This is in face of a steady drumbeat by the media regarding her all but "dead duck" status and repeated calls for her to give up the lost cause. The media has repeatedly all but drafted Barack Obama as the nominee before the Democratic National Convention. Historically, the media has always reported in past elections that an all but certain result leads to lower turnouts (which is why they, in principle if not in practice, say thy restrain themselves from jumping to conclusions in when Eastern states report their results in November-they do not want to induce a low-turnout). Well. what the media is not reporting-save for the National review-is that West Virginians came out in droves-the highest turnout ever for a Democratic primary  to vote for the "loser" Hillary Clinton.

What does this say? That Barack Obama not only is not as popular as his staged rallies may suggest, but that he is so unpopular that voters are eager to come out to register their dislike and disapproval. The West Virginia result is also reflected of the downward momentum that Barack Obama has experiences since the February primary month.

Added to the fact is that s substanital number of these voters said they would not consider voting for Obama if he were the nominee.

This might mean James Web has just risen upwards on Obama's VP list. He has written movingly of the people in the Appalachian belt.