Another Wyomingite here. Like my neighbor Phil, and Joe up in Jackson, I'm offended by the dismissive attitude HRC displays toward small state and "red" state Democrats.

Howard Dean's 50-state strategy, and Barack Obama's popularity have brought about enormous increases in participation in Wyoming. That's nice to see, not just for Obama's sake, but for the sake of Gary Trauner, a Democrat who came just 1000 votes short of unseating a multi-term incumbent Republican for Wyoming's lone Congressional seat in 2006. Gary's running again, and polling strongly, with no incumbent this time. When November comes around, I hope Gary will benefit from having a Dem Presidential candidate who can inspire Democrats to get to the polls. 75% of Albany County Dems voted for Obama in Saturday, and 80% of Teton County Dems voted for him. If Obama can attract that much excitement in November, Gary Trauner can use Obama's coattails to win the seat in the house. Then, Wyoming will have a Dem Congressman, and a highly popular Dem Governor. When half our statewide representatives in Washington are Democrats, will you still call us a red state?

Guaranteed, though, if Clinton winds up as the nominee, a lot of the excitement will go out of this race for Wyoming Dems. She would have very short coattails in Wyoming, and probably in the rest of the states her campaign has been insulting lately.

Posted at March 10, 2008 2:24 AM in response to Obama Wins Wyoming, Networks Say