[Hoot Gibson]

But here's what I would bet the farm on:

If, Obama were to campaign through the coal fields, his campaign rhetoric would include phrases such as "I made this happen", "I worked out this deal with India....." "My polocies are working and it's keeping all of you miner's working".....yada yada yada

Obama , would someway, somehow try to find a way make others believe he is the reason for the deal.


Any takers on the wager?

I don't think that Obama will be campaigning anywhere near the eastern coalfields. I also would not be surprised if Obama's campaign tries to take credit for Jim Booth's deal to sell coal to India.

Obama has already tried to claim credit for increased gas production in this country, despite the fact that the increase has come from new wells operating on privately owned lands.

In a sane world, people living in areas like eastern Kentucky and southern West Virginia would boycott Democratic candidates until they agree to end their war on coal. But Democrats being Democrats, they will continue to elect Democrats to office, even as Obama continues to wage the war that he declared on coal as a candidate in the 2008 campaign.