Interesting editorial from "New York Amsterdam News," (Harlem, "Part of the Black Press USA Network").

God's will be done
Wilbert A. Tatum, Publisher Emeritus and Chairman of the Board
2/1/2008

"Some days God is good to us. Sometimes he is even better. For instance, today, when God is good, he drops two men- one good and one flawed- out of the race who were on their way to becoming President of the United States. One was John Edwards, who could have made it, and the other was Rudolph Giuliani, who should never have been considered in the first place.
"John Edwards seemed to have been considered by many when he stopped in his tracks on his way to the Presidency and instead dropped out, leaving us with two candidates without an endorsement for either one.
"Under ordinary circumstances, that would be easy to settle. We would just toss a coin, designating one of each of these candidates for each side of the coin and deciding on the person whose coin side wound up in first place. Since we never had any good luck anyway, it leaves us in a dilemma because here God recommends no one as well. One could say with all candor, "Thank you, good buddy, for leaving us high and dry again."
"Although God may have believed that he left us high and dry, he did not. He left another begotten son about whom he was having problems and allowed us to choose one without the other because he respected his recommendations so much. God, in his most playful and delightful way, said in effect, for us to "choose for yourself, good buddy," and we did.
"Because God knew us and how fair we would be, God selected the one he thought would be less favorable to us, for in that way we would not be choosing God's favorite necessarily but that we would be choosing the person who is the better one for the job.
"Since we choose to follow God's lead, hallelujah, hallelujah, God's will be done. We have chosen. Sail on, Hillary."

http://www.amsterdamnews.org/news/Article/Article.asp?NewsID=85746&sID=16

The "New York Amsterdam News" is one of New York's largest and most influential black-owned business enterprises; first issued in 1909.