OBAMA LOSES AN ENDORSEMENT...

Unlike Colin Powell we have a man in the person of former Gov. L. Douglas Wilder, who is apparently capable of doing something that Powell is not, and that is looking beyond one's race and at what would be best for the country as a whole. Because, you see, while Gov. Wilder backed Democrat Barry "Almighty" for president back in 2008, he has decided not to endorse either Barry or Mitt Romney this time around and he made his decision public in an opinion column released just days before the election. By his choosing not to endorse Barry this time around, he makes all the more obvious the shallowness of someone like Powell. Because I firmly believe that Powell does not genuinely think that Barry is the leader that will enable our country to get past this time of economic misery. His decision was based entirely on race.

Gov. Wilder writes in a column for Reuters, "I have campaigned for and supported the president in the past and many people now want to discuss his job performance with me." He went on to say, "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." Gov. Wilder added, "Is that group of independent-minded voters enough to swing Virginia's 13 electoral votes away from Obama on Tuesday? The race is so close, we will have to wait until November 6 for a definitive answer. But for a state Obama may need to win, that uncertainty after almost four years on the job cannot be a great comfort to his campaign operatives."

While Gov. Wilder does not expressly back Romney, he does say that the Republican has met the test to be president. "The Republicans endured a bad nominating process. Yet in the end, they seem to have chosen a credible candidate that many Virginians tell me they would feel fairly comfortable with in the Oval Office." Adding, "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. Will it be effective enough? We'll find out on Tuesday." Gov. Wilder, who served as governor from 1990-94 and as mayor of Richmond from 2005-09 has a long history of breaking with fellow Democrats. ANY man who puts country first, over race and over party, deserves credit for doing so!