What a glorious Sunday morning to open up the paper and read the excellent commentary by your editorial page's Linda White ["Would a 'virtuous'--or free--people re-elect this ticket?" Oct. 7].

I couldn't have put the case against Barack Obama better, although I have tried often enough.

She writes truthfully that Obama's presidency has been a failure. I think that is largely because, as we used to say, he "doesn't play well with others." Foreign leaders dismiss him outright. Politicians in Washington ignore his arrogance, after having tried fruitlessly to reason with him. Only his appointees bow low in his presence.

It is a nightmare to speculate on what four more miserable years under Obama would mean for our beloved country.

Benjamin R. Blankenship Jr.

Stafford