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Topic: Robert Byrd, D-W.Va.

John Raese

Dems run ad against Raese in West Virginia

** FILE ** Republican candidate for the U.S. Senate, John Raese, left, accompanied by his wife Liz, outlines his platform for the Republican party nomination from his campaign office in Charleston, W.Va., Friday, April 7, 2006. Raese preaches against taxes, government regulation and withdrawing from Iraq, a message that helped him rise above a large Republican field in the May primary. But the wealthy Morgantown media owner and industrialist has faced an uphill battle in spreading his gospel among the Democratic base of his general election opponent, incumbent Sen. Robert C. Byrd. (AP Photo/Bob Bird, File) (Bob Bird)

John Raese enters Byrd-seat race with Italian joke

Manchin appears to be shoo-in for Byrd's seat

Lawrence Messina

Lawrence Messina

Carte Goodwin

Lawrence Messina

Sen. Robert Byrd and Sen. Scott Brown

Monday link dump

FILE - In this Sept. 9, 2005 file photo, Sen. Robert C. Byrd, D-W.Va., speaks about Hurricane Katrina response efforts at a press conference in Charleston, W.Va. Byrd a fiery orator versed in the classics and a hard-charging power broker who steered billions of federal dollars to the state of his Depression-era upbringing, died Monday, June 28, 2010. (AP Photo/Bob Bird, File) (AP)

Michael Tomasky

Former Sen. Robert Byrd, D-W.Va. (AP Photo/Carolyn Kaster) (AP)

US Senator Robert Byrd (D-WV) doffs his hat for reporters as he arrives at the Capitol in Washington, February 26, 2009. Byrd, 91, is the longest serving member in the Senate's history. REUTERS/Jonathan Ernst (UNITED STATES) (Reuters)

Vincent Rossmeier

Sen. Russ Feingold

Alex Koppelman, Jonathan Vanian

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