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Barack Obama for President

Friday, October 17, 2008

 

THE NOMINATING process this year produced two unusually talented and qualified presidential candidates. There are few public figures we have respected more over the years than Sen. John McCain. Yet it is without ambivalence that we endorse Sen. Barack Obama for president.

 

The choice is made easy in part by Mr. McCain's disappointing campaign, above all his irresponsible selection of a running mate who is not ready to be president. It is made easy in larger part, though, because of our admiration for Mr. Obama and the impressive qualities he has shown during this long race. Yes, we have reservations and concerns, almost inevitably, given Mr. Obama's relatively brief experience in national politics. But we also have enormous hopes.

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Yea, the Chicago Tribune and the Nashville Tennessean both shocked me.

 

Washington Post supporting Obama? Totally not a surprise. The surprise is that it took them this long to finally get around to saying it outright.

 

Tribune endorsing Obama? That's indeed a surprise, especially since the Tribune runs towards the conservative side (not sure where the Nashville paper is on the political specttrum).

 

However, how important are any newspaper endorsements anymore? I don't think people are nearly as influenced by these as they were 20 or 30 years ago.

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