Maybe this shouldn't be a shock considering its historically blue, but according to a new Rasmussen poll, Obama is down only 8 points to McCain after losing to Hillary Clinton by 41 points in the primary there.
Logically I've always known that a vote for Hillary was not a vote against Obama; and that primary results don't necessarily correlate with general election results. Still, thats a pretty massive swing. Especially when you consider that unlike the primary the general population contains many hundreds of thousands of Republicans.
With high unfavorable ratings (57%) Obama may have a tough road ahead, but considering the polling was done before Tuesday's final primaries and the push towards unity, and West Virginians having thrown their lot with Hillary so recently, it also makes me believe those unfavorables are pretty soft and Obama my actually have a shot at West Virginia. At the very least its a state McCain is going to have to work hard for as he's nearly as unpopular (48% negative, which is unlikely to budge) as Obama.
It is also worth noting that the only other poll pitting McCain vs. Obama was done back in late February when Obama was rocking. It was a Survey USA poll that had McCain up 18% on Obama.
(links originally from RCP)