The
Richmond Voice is out with yet another great endorsement for Terry McAuliffe by a leading African American newspaper, following last week's endorsement by the
Richmond Free Press. I don't see it online yet, but here's the gist of it:
...While we believe that all three Democratic candidates will do a better job than McDonnell, we are confident that McAuliffe is the strongest candidate to beat McDonnell in November. In addition, we know that he will continue laying the groundwork for sensible spending and fairness that fellow Democrats, Governors Mark Warner and Tim Kaine, have laid in Virginia over the last eight years.
Job creation is the biggest issue of this time and McAuliffe's campaign, highlighting his background as a successful businessman, has framed it shrewdly from the outset. "I started my first business at 14," says McAuliffe in one of the many ads his campaign has aired since he entered the race in January.
His approach of mixing politics and business may rub some the wrong way, but it makes him a stronger candidate who understands how to use the numerous connections he has to move forward. We are all opportunistic in one way or another and there's nothing wrong with electing an opportunist who can help Virginia continue to move forward.
We like McAuliffe's conviction that once a Virginian has served his/her imposed time of prison/probation/parole or jail he/she should automatically regain lost voting rights.
McAuliffe...give[s] us the best opportunity to defeat McDonnell...who [is] stuck in the extreme right of the Republican Party, which continues to alienate millions of moderate Americans with its divisive ideology...
