Losing West Virginia.Ominous news for Democrats comes from the Gazette's Tom Searls, who interviewed two political experts about the significance of Bush's victories in 2000 and 2004 by margins that grew from 6 to 13 percent. "Once could have been a fluke," the University of Virginia's Larry Sabato told him. "Twice indicates a new trend, especially because the margin was so much larger this past year." Robert Rupp of West Virginia Wesleyan College Wesleyan College, at Macon, Ga.; United Methodist; for women; chartered 1836 as Georgia Female College. The present form of the name was adopted in 1919. Wesleyan College was the first college chartered to award degrees to women. added: "2000 wasn't just the aberration 1. deviation from the normal or usual. 2. unequal refraction or focalization of a lens. 3. in cardiology, aberrant conduction. chromatic aberration unequal refraction of light rays of different wavelength, producing a blurred image with fringes of color. that many Democrats had hoped. The fact [Bush] won so convincingly shows West Virginia is a state that not only will Democrats have to work for, but possibly concede."
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