No offense, but you don't know what you're talking about.
Wilder was handed an enormous budget deficit by Gerry Baliles. He managed to cut state government and costs and balance the budget without raising taxes.
Granted, his record as Mayor of Richmond was not as stellar. But, for a Dem, he was a pretty darn good Governor.
he should’ve been the dem’s choice for first black president.
Wilder stumbled a few times as Mayor of Richmond, but one of my favorite things he did was fire most of the people in city government. I commend him for that. I agree that he’s a social liberal, but fiscally he’s rather conservative. He’s one of the few Democrats I’d ever consider voting for. Zell Miller was another that I would have considered.