Texas inmate closes in on Obama in WV primary

Yeah, even my Democrat neighbors don’t like Obama, apparently. A guy serving a term in prison, Keith Judd, in Texas won 40% of West Virginians’ votes in yesterday’s Democrat primary according to UK’s Daily Mail;

Judd is housed at the Federal Correctional Institution (FCI) in Texarkana, a low-security facility for male prisoners. It is located in northeast Texas near the Arkansas border, 175 miles east of Dallas.

Attracting at least 15 per cent of the vote would normally qualify a candidate for a delegate to the Democratic National Convention.

But state Democratic Party Executive Director Derek Scarbro said no one has filed to be a delegate for Judd.

Yeah, I know, it’s West Virginia and it’s not an indicator of a national trend. My neighbors are generally dumber than a post (they think I reverse-engineer alien technology for our missile program), but they’re also scared that someone is going to come for their guns. My weapons training class last year was like an Obama hate fest. We’re only five electoral votes, but I’m pretty confident that they’ll all go to Romney.

But I might be voting for a Democrat for the first time since Jimmy Carter for a national office. I’m pretty happy with Joe Manchin, somewhat. He introduced the National CCW bill to the Senate which probably has about as much chance as me running for Manchin’s seat. We’ll see.