Good Grief. Apparently Carl Rove may be behind Capito thinking that she can beat Byrd. I was quite surprised to see this in the Charleston Gazette.

Early Tuesday afternoon, Sen. Barack Obama, D-Ill., sent an appeal over the Internet urging people to contribute to the re-election campaign of Sen. Robert C. Byrd, D-W.Va.

In less than 24 hours, more than 15,000 contributors gave $634,000 to Byrd’s campaign, according to the National Journal’s daily Internet publication “Hotline.” The average donation was about $42.25.

But as I said before. I hope she runs against him, as it’ll be the easiest way to get her out of Congress.