Former VA Guv Wilder hasn't endorsed Northam (D) in a neck to neck race.

[Honeycombe8]

What's up with that? First Donna Brazile's book, now a non-endorsement? This shouldn't be a close race in a state that voted for Hillary and with Trump's record so far. This doesn't look good.

[LexVegas]

1. Who? nt

[RandySF]

2. Wilder has done this before.

[leftofcool]

4. One is out bashing Democrats and one won't endorse a Democrat

Hope this helps.

[Salviati]

5. It's because they are both prominent dems who seem to be insistent on shooting the party in the foot

at the moment.

[Demsrule86]

11. It brings back the 16 bitterness and will dampen voters enthusiasm for the Democrat since Donna

trashed Democrats and Hillary Clinton. Fuck Donna Brazile. If we lose Virginia it is on her. My cousin says she thinks Northam will win. she lives in Roanoke Virginia...and My cousin in Northern Virginia thinks so also. My Mom and Dad were in the Navy...Mom was from Virginia and that was our 'home place'. Two of my brothers were born there. Northern Virginia will make the difference and if Brazile's book dampened enthusiasm there, we are in trouble. Polls after the article in Politico came out showed Northam took a hit. But now that it is proven that Donna Brazile is a God damned liar and hopefully enough people have heard this so we should OK. And it is our opportunity to send a message to the GOP and Trump so I would think there will be enthusiasm on our side.

[Honeycombe8]

20. Anything that hurts the Dem. Party hurts the Democratic candidates. nt

[Adenoid_Hynkel]

6. Wilder has always been a contrarian showboat

this is typical of him. Pulls this stuff every election.

[FSogol]

15. Agreed. Reading anything into this is a mistake. n/t

[Honeycombe8]

23. The people of VA have a way of deciding for themselves what's important.

They may not care. But they may. It certainly doesn't help.

[brush]

7. And don't forget the dumb move by the DFA declaring no support for Northam.

Hope Democratic governor Mcauliffe is on the phone to get these seemingly clueless Virginia Dems to understand that if they don't come together and back Northam the repugs get in.

It's not rocket science. What is up with the numbskulls?

[Demsrule86]

12. I know and I have supported them for years...they are dead to me now...they sent me an text about

holding a function at my house...I texted back...How dare you help the GOP... by saying you don't endorse Northam which means you endorse Gillespie...so the answer is no. I also stopped their monthly stipend permanently.

[brush]

13. Strong move. I hope they get the message for their unfathomable non-support of Northam

[FSogol]

14. Obama is on the phones. I got a call from him yesterday supporting Northam, Fairfax, and Herring.

[brush]

19. Great.

[no_hypocrisy]

9. Is his endorsement contingent upon a position in the DNC or elsewhere?

[NCTraveler]

10. He endorsed for LG. He is one of those very concerned people.

http://www.richmond.com/news/virginia/government-politics/wilder-endorses-fairfax-for-lg-says-candidate-has-not-been/article_8ee1d7ec-793b-5529-95fd-9749b45a1552.html

[FSogol]

16. Unrec: This story is just intended to bash Northam on the day before the election.

Why even mention or report it? Wilder is under no obligation to endorse people. He's long retired.

[Kingofalldems]

17. Agree totally.

[Honeycombe8]

21. That's illogical. Concern for endorsement failures & attacks on Dem Party is not bashing Northam. nt

[FSogol]

24. Endorsement failures? Does everyone endorse everyone? No, why bring it up?

Was it a big deal when Wilder refused to support Obama?

[lagomorph777]

18. Self-immolation

WTF?

[lagomorph777]

22. "Neck to neck" is not American idiom - that would be "neck and neck."

Where'd this post come from?

[FSogol]

25. Remember when Wilder didn't endorse Obama?

[Honeycombe8]

26. Wilder endorsed, & campaigned aggressively, for Obama.

RICHMOND, Va. — L. Douglas Wilder of Virginia, who made history as the nation's first elected black governor, is preparing to campaign aggressively for Barack Obama, and predicted in an interview that the charismatic young candidate could shatter the Republican Party's virtual lock on the South.

https://www.politico.com/story/2007/08/obama-supported-by-wilder-005518

Obama, as the incumbent, didn't need endorsements the second time around, of course.

[FSogol]

27. In 2012, he called Obama a disappointment and went to a Romeny fundraiser.

Hardly a team player and nothing that should be used against Northam.