Sunday night at a Chinese restaurant (WV-02)

Democratic candidate Anne Barth is running in West Virginia 02. She’s Senator Robert C. Byrd’s longtime aide and an excellent candidate to take on vulnerable rightwing Republican Rep. Shelley Moore Capito.

Sunday’s event, held at a popular Chinese restaurant in downtown Martinsburg, was just one of several events Barth held throughout the Eastern Panhandle.

Democratic candidate Anne Barth is running in West Virginia 02. She’s Senator Robert C. Byrd’s longtime aide and an excellent candidate to take on vulnerable rightwing Republican Rep. Shelley Moore Capito.

Tonight’s event, held at a popular Chinese restaurant in downtown Martinsburg, was just one of several events Barth held throughout the Eastern Panhandle.

The Berkeley County Democratic Association has a new, very attractive banner.

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I’ve canvassed and phonebanked with several of these folks. Anne Barth is talking to Berkeley County Clerk Virginia Sine, a member of the county Democratic Executive Committee.

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I arrived a bit early and Ryan Frankberry told me we’d be meeting in the back. For a Sunday night, I thought we’d get 15 people and it’d be a good turnout.

I was wrong.

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Very wrong.

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We didn’t fill the back of the room. We filled up the room. I couldn’t find a good angle to get everyone standing on one side and seated on the other. Berkeley County is Capito’s strong base. This is where she’ll either win or lose. The enthusiasm to see her ousted is very high. She came in with Bush, we think she should leave when he goes.

One thought on “Sunday night at a Chinese restaurant (WV-02)”

  1. Looks good, Carnacki.

    I remember getting off the interstate in Martinsburg and being kind of surprised.  Go a few miles and the churches looked sparkling and new but the grocery stores and shopping centers looked far less profitable.  It looked like classic GOP territory that shouldn’t be.

    Low prices, friendly people.  But the mall in Hagerstown,MD not far away looked like it had a lot more money.

    Time to talk kitchen table economics?

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