Commentary
RANSON, W.Va.—Drive along U.S. 11 in Pennsylvania, Maryland, and here in West Virginia, and you are pretty much roaming through the more conservative enclaves of the region.
A $20 bill is held by a man in New York City on Oct. 9, 2003. Chris Hondros/Getty Images
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Salena Zito
Author
Salena Zito has held a long, successful career as a national political reporter. Since 1992, she has interviewed every U.S. president and vice president, as well as top leaders in Washington, including secretaries of state, speakers of the House and U.S. Central Command generals. Her passion, though, is interviewing thousands of people across the country. She reaches the Everyman and Everywoman through the lost art of shoe-leather journalism, having traveled along the back roads of 49 states.
