Exit polling out of West Virginia looks really bad for Barack Obama. That’s five electoral votes he’s got no chance of winning without putting Hillary on the ticket. Less than 1/3rd of Hillary’s voters in the state say they would vote for Obama in the general. She’s going to be in the neighborhood of a 2 to 1 victory when the total count comes in. That’s about the same margin by which West Virginia voters say they don’t believe Obama shares their basic values. Which red state does Obama pick up to offset those votes?

It may be cliche after the last week, but there’s something very real and very important about the fact that no Democrat has won the presidency without winning West Virginia since 1916.