“Eyewitness” Report from Biden in Charleston, WV; Rockefeller Poll says McCain leads by 1%
October 25th, 2008 | by chu |
ANR writes:
After celebrating WVU’s football victory until 2 am, I got up at 7 and returned to Charleston for the Biden Rally. I was on the risers behind Biden – if you look closely, you’ll seem me sometimes over his shoulders.
He hit hard on his working class credentials, the need to revive a middle class, the importance of veterans and patriotism in West Virginia, and an energy policy that includes investments in carbon controls to make clean coal technology a meaningful part of freeing our dependence on foreign oil. He blasted the McCain ticket on robo calls, energy policy, ties to Bush, and many other areas. He pointed out how Senator Byrd came to his wife’s funeral days after they had met, and how Jay Rockefeller is one of the most respected voices in Washington (by both parties) on Foreign Intelligence. The speech was 1/2 hour, and he mingled close to an hour afterward. The concluding music was “Signed, Sealed, Delivered – I’m Yours.”
One of the reports said “several hundred” but I had a great vantage point and felt there were 1500-2000 people there. It was at 10:30 on a workday with chilly, dreary weather.
Speakers included Senator Byrd, Senator Rockefeller, and Governor Manchin. Senator Rockefeller said he had his own, deep poll done on the Presidential Race in WV. His pollster is Guerin/Hart and they have steered him right for his entire political career. He says McCain leads in WV by 1%.
Here’s what Pollster.com says:
