Robert "KKK" Byrd's Senate Seat To Be Challenged

RadioBlogger hits us to this report from The Hill that says Republican Congresswoman Shelley Moore Capito of Virginia will challenge the 87 year-ancient Bobby Byrd in 2006.

Beyond Capito's qualifications, The Hill speaks of Republicans hopes that Byrd is out of step with the state he purports to represent:

"The National Republican Senatorial Committee [NRSC], they’ll try and twist and turn Senator Byrd’s long record on its head and convince West Virginia voters that red is blue and blue is red," Gavin said.

NRSC spokesman Brian Nick said that West Virginia "has moved out from under Senator Byrd" and that the senator is ="way out of touch with the mainstream

...and Democrats counter:

Phil Singer, the Democratic Senatorial Campaign Committee spokesman, said of Capito: "She’s wasting her time and money if she is thinking about taking on Senator Byrd."

In my opinion Byrd should pack it in and Democrats in the state should put up a moderate to keep the seat on their side of the isle. But hopefully they won't listen to me.

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