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Stop self-serving party switches

As we said last week, we aren’t fond of the idea that candidates should have to run as the party on their voter registration, because that could disadvantage candidates who are registered Independents. (Even though Independents make up about a quarter of West Virginia’s registered voters, ...

W.Va. voters have alternatives to GOP

You may have noticed that virtually all the discussion surrounding West Virginia state elections has centered around the Republican candidates for office. In large part, that’s because West Virginia is increasingly a one-party state where elections are determined in the primary. But it ...

Gutsy Democrats start turning on the far-left

A revolution brews in the Democratic Party, and it’s not the usual left-wing threats to sabotage moderate Democratic candidates. It’s the Democratic mainstream telling the fringe to go pound sand. The causes change. It used to be defunding police. Now it is the war in Gaza. Irritation ...

Dems scrambling to overcome tough Senate map

As we enter a presidential election year, pundits are focused on the incessant drama — criminal and otherwise — swirling around a potential rematch between Joe Biden and Donald Trump. But there’s more at stake — in particular, the U.S. Senate. Democrats enjoy a narrow 51-49 edge in ...

The political left’s uphill battle in West Virginia

Joe Manchin’s decision not to run for re-election to the United States Senate has cleared the way for other Democrats to get in the race. One of the entries is Zach Shrewsbury, a Marine Corps veteran who leans to the far left of the political spectrum. When I asked him on Talkline last ...

Has the Democratic Party been led astray by progressive activists?

by Jonah Goldberg According to a recent poll conducted by the Democratic firm, Blueprint, only 5% of Americans say that Joe Biden is “far more conservative than me.” Ask yourself, what percentage of Democratic activists, liberal TV hosts, White House staffers, liberal think tankers ...