Charleston (WVA) Gazette Endorses Obama: "A Brilliant Statesman"

This is significant because, let's face it, Obama is not a favorite in West Virginia:

This editorial page, where The Charleston Gazette outlines its political beliefs, has made it abundantly clear that West Virginia's largest newspaper supports Democratic President Obama for a second term in the White House. Nonetheless, we want to offer this official endorsement.

We think Obama is a brilliant statesman who has uplifted America after the debacle of the Bush-Cheney epoch.

When Obama assumed the presidency in 2009, calamity was occurring. The U.S. economy was collapsing, shedding up to 800,000 jobs each month. Millions of homes were sinking into foreclosure because of Wall Street's fiasco with subprime mortgages bundled into flimsy securities.

Steadfastly, Obama imposed rescue measures to halt the hemorrhage. He clamped new policing on Wall Street and injected stimulus funds to save American industries from destruction. U.S. automakers were resuscitated. Millions of construction jobs were created.

read full editorial:
http://wvgazette.com/Opinion/Editorials/201210140047