Obama beats a federal prisoner by less than 20% in the West Virginia D. Primary.

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So far, Obama lost Boone, Clay, Gilmer, Hardy, Lincoln, Logan, Mingo, Tucker, Webster and Wyoming Counties.  Still not much love for Obama in Appalachia.  

Meanwhile, Romney had his best showing of the night in West Virginia, nearly cracking 70%.  Anyone who thinks Romney will be a horrible candidate for West Virginia is wrong.  Romney's most important qualification is that he's not Obama.  If a federal inmate could get 40% against Obama in a Democratic primary, I'd be shocked if Romney doesn't win West Virginia by double digits.

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Did this guy literally get 40% just because he was the only other name on the ballot, or did he actually do something to get the 40%?

He was born with white skin, which experts believe gave him about a 37 point bump.

So did anyone know anything about him other then he was white?

I'm not even sure if they knew that.  But they did know that he's not Obama, which is all that really matters.  Obama's not all that popular in Appalachia, especially coal country.

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Obama isn't winning a single county in November.

Probably not.  He won 7 counties in 2008, including Morgantown's (WVU) Monongalia, Jefferson in the Eastern Panhandle and some Southern West Virginia counties that have voted Democratic for decades.  My guess is he'll still win a few counties.  It will be interesting to see if the coal country holdouts that voted for Obama in 2008 flip this time, given Obama's anti-coal policies.