Want the scoop on hot races around the country? Get the digest emailed to you each weekday morning. Sign up here. Leading Off: ' WV-Sen, WV-Gov: Holy smokes! Okay, I mean, I know they love Sen. Joe Manchin down in West by-God Virginia, but these poll numbers are berserk. A new survey from R.L. Repass & Partners on behalf of the Charleston Daily Mail finds Manchin up over Republican John Raese (the guy he beat in 2010) by a beyond-comical 74-22! Meanwhile, Gov. Earl Ray Tomblin is also crushing his own rematch-seeking Republican opponent, Bill Maloney, by a hefty 60-32 spread. And while numbers this extreme have to make you wonder a bit, here's one sign that this poll may in fact be well-grounded: Mitt Romney is cruising over Barack Obama, 54-37. The willingness of Mountain Staters to split their tickets between federal Republicans and local Democrats has long been a pretty remarkable phenomenon, but seldom has it been as stark as this.
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