West Virginia

thought out remark about closing mines and coal businesses became the lede.

How well her plan would have worked we will never know. I don't pretend to know if it would have worked - but she did have a plan.

Her plan got lost in the attacks of her remark.

I do know nothing Trump has done will have a positive effect on the future of West Virginia and that the GOP doesn't care at all. If they did, they wouldn't be for deregulation and attempting to exact every drop of blood from a dying industry - which will leave the land and the people drained and depleted - solely for the sake of a few more votes.

Bourdain wasn't looking for the ugly underbelly of the people he met or their circumstances. He never did - not really. He looked for commonality. Bourdain would have made a great representative of the people. Except people like him don't usually run for office - they seek a deeper meaning.