Tuesday, August 28, 2007

Douglas Wilder, First Black Governor, Endorses Obama

Former Virginia governor, Douglas Wilder is endorsing Obama over Hillary, predicting that Obama could break the Republican Party's lock on the southern vote, and that Hillary is too polarizing a figure to win the election, especially calling her to task on her vote about the Iraq war.

Wilder also had a lot to say about race, and those black so-called leaders who have questioned Obama's "blackness" or his commitment to the black community.

From The Politico:


In a 90-minute interview, Wilder also denounced African-American activists who question whether Obama is "black enough" in his style or agenda, a criticism Wilder said comes simply because Obama does not share their interest in "the pimping of race."

He was also notably cool toward Democratic front-runner Hillary Rodham Clinton. He said that Clinton's explanations of her 2002 vote authorizing the Iraq war make no sense and that her polarizing personality makes her less electable than Obama in Virginia and similar moderate states.

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