Author: Carnacki

Ineffective Republican Rep. Shelley Moore Capito came in to office with her good friend George W. Bush and she needs to leave with him. For the past 7 and a half years what has she accomplished for WV-02? Nothing. She has little...

Part of this diary was originally published on June 9 at West Virginia Blue. My connecting train was late tonight. It was hot as hell and I struck up a conversation with three young men, two black, one white, at the station...

I want to tell you a story about my father. And then I’m going to ask you to do something. It’ll probably not be easy. You probably won’t even like me asking you to do it. It could be one of the best things you...

U.S. Rep. Nick Rahall (D) of West Virginia’s 3rd District in the southern end of the state endorsed Sen. Barack Obama early on. Rahall, chairman of the Arab American caucus, is in a district that went largely for Sen....

Sure it’s a primary and not a general election, but in a year where the Republican brand has a lower approval rating than herpes it’s something to consider: Barack Obama with just 26 percent of the Democratic votes...