Obama Loses Endorsement Of Nation's First Elected Black Governor- In A Toss-Up State

Former Gov. L. Douglas Wilder, who backed Democrat Barack Obama for president in 2008, did not endorse Obama or Republican Mitt Romney in an opinion column released days before the election.

"I have campaigned for and supported the president in the past and many people now want to discuss his job performance with me," Wilder writes in a column for Re*ters.

"They often note that Obama ran as a moderate — and that is the man they threw their support behind in 2008. But some look back and say that he has governed as a left-of-center liberal who did not keep the focus squarely on jobs and economic recovery.

Wilder does not expressly back Romney, but he says the Republican has met the test to be president.

"Democrats counted on using ad hominem attacks to make Romney seem too unworthy and too unsteady to be the country's chief executive because of the rough nominating process. But that has not been 100 percent effective.
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[link to www2.timesdispatch.com]

Last Edited by Sleeping Giant on 11/05/2012 01:45 PM