Guys are having a good deal of fun right now playing WWDD, an exciting game of speculation regarding how and where Don Blankenship might navigate Massey Energy in the wake of the Alpha Natural Resources move to merge with Foundation Coal. It's not difficult to imagine the Massey chairman and CEO enjoying a little chuckle over the "will he, won't he, should he, shouldn't he" talk - possibly even as he sips a little coffee and reads this commentary. Blankenship will do whatever Blankenship thinks he ought to do. That's really the bottom line, whether he opts to make a significant move or to keep his chess pieces pretty much where they stand.
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