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April 12, 2008
Beckley Register-Herald
Democrats pack 'crucial' convention
By Amelia A. Pridemore
Stephanie Allen and Laverne Borders never worked for a political campaign, but now they say the stakes are too high for them to stand back and casually observe.
The sisters and Beckley residents are both volunteers for Sen. Barack Obama's presidential campaign. Allen and Borders say politics always interested them. Now inspired by Obama, they are passionate. Both came to Saturday's Raleigh County Democratic Convention to let their voices be heard and their support for Obama be known.
"We have had eight years of Bush, for one," Allen said. "These have been very negative years. We have had the war in Iraq, the economy... It's important for the Democrats to be in charge. We will be better off, overall. We want to see some change."
Raleigh County Democrats packed the Beckley-Raleigh County Convention Center to choose delegates for the state's Democratic convention, scheduled for June 13-14. West Virginia's delegates for the Democratic National Convention in Denver, scheduled for Aug. 25-28, will be chosen then.
Sen. Jay Rockefeller and Rep. Nick Rahall, both D-W.Va., addressed the crowd — seated in a room covered with campaign signs, stickers, pamphlets, buttons and balloons. Even though both are political veterans, they said they have never seen such a close and crucial presidential election.
"I've been around for a while, with one of the first elections I remember being Truman and Dewey," Rockefeller said. "I've never seen anything close to this one."
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