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Your challenge is to keep West Virginia as solidly Democratic as it was throughout the 20th century right up to today. What does this take? Would a prescient WV legislature promoting tourism in what is really an astonishingly beautiful state boost the economy, particularly with DC, Philadelphia, Baltimore, Pittsburgh, Cleaveland, Columbus, and Cincinnati all within convenient driving distance? Perhaps an early adoption of tax breaks to encourage IT companies plus investment in internet infrastructure to turn Charleston into some kind of "Silicon Mountain?" Perhaps a move by Democrats towards an embrace of Christianity through a version of the old "social gospel?"

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