re: #196 Targetpractice
Ayeah, that’s the long and short of it, it’s either a Democrat who votes like a Republican or an actual Republican in the seat. There’s no hidden vein of progressive liberalism hiding in that state. Byrd got away with some of the shit he did in late life because of years of good faith and the boatloads of money he brought to the state.
Rockefeller was there too for a long time. The thing is that state has moved to the right in the issues its electorate deems important.