October 16, 2008
Obama playing for West Virginia with ad buy
Christopher WillsBarack Obama is making a play for West Virginia.
The Democrat is launching TV ads in the state that George W. Bush won four years ago.
Obama lost West Virginia in the Democratic primary to Hillary Rodham Clinton as he struggled to win over working-class whites.
West Virginia was considered a Republican stronghold in the general election this year.
But Democrats say the economic turmoil in this hard-hit state and TV ads Obama has been running in its neighbors have made it competitive.
Obama is increasingly edging into what long has been considered Republican turf as McCain looks to play defense less than three weeks before the election.
The Associated Press