Former Gov. Mark White endorses Obama
The Austin American Statesman | February 27, 2008
By W. Gardner Selby
Houston lawyer Mark White, one of the two surviving Democratic governors of Texas, says he's endorsing Barack Obama for president today because he's "essentially become America's candidate. You see people from all walks of life, rich and poor, every color reflected, every ethnicity. There's enthusiasm, hope. He will not only be nominated, he will be elected president. He will be America's president."
...White said: "My sister, who is much smarter than I, had been an Obama supporter for many months. She finally got irritated with me" and his doubts that Obama had a chance.
"Oh Bubba," White quoted his sister, retired schoolteacher Betty Gerlach, as saying. "That was the same thing they said about you getting elected governor (in 1982), that you had no chance." She persuaded him to give Obama serious consideration, leading White to conclude, he said, that "the better the no-chance you are, the better chance that you have."
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