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Potpourri: Feb. 11, 2013
CARMELO "Mel" Cottone from Logan County is a longtime Democratic Party activist who helped run JFK's famed 1960 West Virginia campaign. Cottone moved to Washington, opened a political consulting firm, and worked with Bill Clinton, Jimmy Carter, Lyndon Johnson and many others. But last year, Cottone aided a "Democrats for Romney" group. Did he bet on the wrong horse -- or does he fit West Virginia's shift to a "red state"?
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Potpourri: Feb. 11, 2013
CARMELO "Mel" Cottone from Logan County is a longtime Democratic Party activist who helped run JFK's famed 1960 West Virginia campaign. Cottone moved to Washington, opened a political consulting firm, and worked with Bill Clinton, Jimmy Carter, Lyndon Johnson and many others. But last year, Cottone aided a "Democrats for Romney" group. Did he bet on the wrong horse -- or does he fit West Virginia's shift to a "red state"?
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