Is  it any wonder after yesterday's primary vote in West Viriginia where  41% of Democrats voted for a man who is sitting in a prison rather than  vote for President Barack Obama, why the states junior Senator Joe  Manchin, a Democrat, says he is unsure if he will support the  President's re-election bid in November or support presumptive  Republican presidential nominee Mitt Romney?

Even  the states Democrat governor doesn't want the President coming around  the state. And now it is clear that a healthy chunk of West Virginian  Democrats prefer a jailbird to the President.

Does this explain the seeming lack of enthusiasm this election cycle compared to 2008 for the President?

Which  means, as The Charleston Gazette has explained, that Keith Judd (who is  serving 17 1/2-year sentence for extortion) could "technically be  entitled" to have a delegate or two at the Democratic National  Convention in Charlotte, N.C.

And  as the Beaumont Enterprise adds this morning, "nearly 70,000 West  Virginians would rather have an actual criminal in the White House, than  the current occupant." It adds, though, that no one has actually  volunteered to be a Judd delegate at the convention.

According to the Gazette:

"Judd,  a frequent dark-horse candidate for president, was on the 2008 Idaho  primary ballot, finishing a distant third behind Obama and Hillary  Clinton, with 1.7 percent of the vote.

"Judd was able to gain  access to the West Virginia primary ballot thanks to the state's  comparatively liberal ballot access laws, which require only that  candidates meet residency, age and any other eligibility requirements  for the particular office, and pay the filing fee."

In a  "position paper" he sent to the news media, the Gazette adds, "Judd  appears to oppose national health care reform on the grounds that it  violates the 10th Amendment of the U.S. Constitution."

http://npr.org/blogs/thetwo-way/2012/05/09/152326121/inmate-polls-well-against-obama-in-west-virginia-primary

President Obama is so unpopular with some West Virginia Democrats that they voted for a prisoner in yesterday's primary.

A prisoner in Texas, no less.

Keith  Judd, who is serving a 17-year sentence at the Beaumont Federal  Correctional Institution in Texas for making threats, actually, got  nearly 41% of the vote against Obama in the West Virginia Democratic  primary.

Judd, whose inmate number is 11593-051, actually carried at least eight counties in West Virginia.

"I  voted against Obama," said Ronnie Brown, a 43-year-old electrician from  Cross Lanes who called himself a conservative Democrat, told the  Associated Press. "I don't like him. He didn't carry the state before  and I'm not going to let him carry it again."

Obama's energy and environmental policies are unpopular in a state dominated by coal mining interests.

West  Virginia's top Democrats -- Gov. Earl Ray Tomblin and Sen. Joe Manchin  -- have declined to say whether they will support Obama in November.

http://content.usatoday.com/communities/theoval/post/2012/05/prisoner-gets-41-against-obama-in-west-virginia/1?csp=34news&utm_source=feedburner&utm_medium=feed&utm_campaign=Feed%3A+UsatodaycomWashington-TopStories+(News+-+Washington+-+Top+Stories)#.T6qbrlL0-Sp

Just  how unpopular is President Barack Obama in some parts of the country?  Enough that a man in prison in Texas got 4 out of 10 votes in West  Virginia's Democratic presidential primary.

For some West Virginia Democrats, simply running against Obama is enough to get Judd votes.

Obama's  energy policies and the Environmental Protection Agency's handling of  mining-related permits have incurred the wrath of West Virginia's coal  industry. With the state the nation's second-biggest producer of this  fossil fuel, Gov. Earl Ray Tomblin and Sen. Joe Manchin -both Democrats  have championed the industry - have declined to say whether they will  support Obama in November.

http://wvgazette.com/News/201205090053

From  the Cornfield, there is a protest vote out there among Democrats. It  seems it is not just Republicans and independents who are questioning  whether the President deserves another 4 years.