Several Newspapers Announce Endorsements

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Sort of all over the place.

Several Newspapers Announce Endorsements

Sunday, December 23, 2007 5:00 PM

Several newspapers made endorsements Sunday in the presidential race.

Democrat Barack Obama:


_The Nashua Telegraph in New Hampshire endorsed Obama as the best choice for Democratic voters. "There's plenty of experience in Washington. What's lacking is inspired leadership that can speak directly to the people over the heads of the partisan politicians and craft a national consensus not seen in decades."


_The Dallas Morning News also endorsed Obama, calling him "our choice because of his consistently solid judgment, poise under pressure and ability to campaign effectively without resorting to the divisive politics of the past."


Democrat Hillary Rodham Clinton:


_Iowa's Burlington Hawk Eye endorsed Clinton as the most impressive of the Democratic candidates. "In person, she's calculated yet personable. On issues, she's not a clone of her husband. She's an independent thinker with progressive ideas."


_The Quad City Times in Davenport, Iowa, also chose Clinton. "Hillary Clinton passes test after test after test. This Clinton arrived for the caucus campaign with much, much more experience than the first Clinton to stump across Iowa."


Republican John McCain:


_The Quad City Times chose McCain, calling him "a leader whose life experiences, personally, politically and heroically, have tested his mettle for the nation's top job." The paper said it disagrees with McCain on Iraq and ethanol subsidies, but said "America can benefit from an honorable man with a hero's record."


Republican Mike Huckabee:


_The Dallas Morning News chose Huckabee, saying that while he is not an "ideal candidate," he "is the change agent the nation most needs."


Republican Mitt Romney:


_The Sioux City Journal of Iowa endorsed Romney. "Romney combines an outsider's new face with a proven track record of success as an executive in both the private and public sectors. ...Personally, he is engaging, even charming, he has shown an ability to reach across partisan divides, and he is passionate on the campaign trail. In terms of leadership qualities, he possesses 'it,' and the importance of 'it' should not be diminished."


_The Concord Monitor of New Hampshire broke with political tradition, telling readers why they should not vote for Romney instead of whom they should support. It called Romney a "disquieting figure" who looks and acts like a presidential contender but "surely must be stopped" because he lacks the core philosophical beliefs to be a trustworthy president.
 
http://www.newsmax.com/insidecover/presidential_endorsements/2007/12/23/59380.html

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The New York DailyGunGrabbing/AbortionSupporting/IllegalProtecting Times endorsed Rudy.

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More endorsements for Obama:

Obama Picks Up More Endorsements

Monday, December 24, 2007 7:54 PM

Sen. Barack Obama continues to pick up endorsements from newspapers and politicians across America, in advance of the 2008 presidential primaries and caucuses:

Iowa state Rep. Wayne Ford of Des Moines announced his support of Obama, giving him a 20-19 lead over Sen. Hillary Rodham Clinton in endorsements from Iowa lawmakers. Obama has been endorsed by all four of Iowa's black legislators.

Former U.S. Rep. Berkley Bedell of Iowa endorsed Obama, saying: "I think he is the most electable in the general election among the top three, and I also believe that he has demonstrated that he can work across party lines and end this terrible bickering that has been going on between the Republicans and the Democrats." He said Obama can bring the two sides together "more so than any of the others."

The Sioux City Journal endorsed Obama, stating: "Barack Obama is the Democratic candidate who best understands this critical moment in our nation's history. He is equipped to bring a fractured people together and possesses the gifts to move us forward, united with a common mission, ready to answer that call. That is why we are endorsing the U.S. senator from Illinois in the Jan. 3 Iowa caucuses."

The Chicago Tribune reported on Rep. Jesse Jackson Jr.'s effort over the weekend to register Democratic voters in Sumter, S.C., in advance of the state's Jan. 19 primary. Jackson, who is backing Obama, said: “People on the South Side of Chicago are waiting to hear from the state of South Carolina. People in Harlem are waiting to hear from the state of South Carolina . . . They are waiting for you to write a new chapter.”

The Dallas Morning News endorsed Obama, stating: "Mr. Obama is our choice because of his consistently solid judgment, poise under pressure and ability to campaign effectively without resorting to the divisive politics of the past." 

http://www.newsmax.com/insidecover/obama_endorsements/2007/12/24/59596.html

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Another Obama endorsement.

L.A. Times Backs Obama, McCain
         
February 2, 2008 12:32 AM EST | 

LOS ANGELES — The Los Angeles Times endorsed the presidential bids of Barack Obama and John McCain on Friday.

The newspaper said either of the candidates remaining in the Democratic field _ Obama or Hillary Rodham Clinton _ would be a formidable nominee in the November election. But it "strongly" endorsed Obama after praising him as an inspiring leader "most focused on steering the nation toward constructive change."

"Just because the ballot features two strong candidates does not mean that it is difficult to choose between them," the Times said.

The nation's fourth-largest paper was particularly critical of the New York senator for her Senate vote on Iraq, saying she "faced a test and failed, joining the stampede as Congress voted to authorize war." Obama, by comparison, "saw the danger of the invasion and the consequences of occupation, and he said so. He was right."

Clinton's election "would drag into a third decade the post-Reagan political duel between two families, the Bushes and the Clintons," the paper concluded. "Obama is correct: It is time to turn the page."

In the Republican race, the paper said it parted company with McCain on various issues _ he opposes abortion rights, rejects the right of gays and lesbians to marry, and advocates fighting on in Iraq. But the paper credited the Arizona senator's "fundamental individualism, spanning his distrust of big government, his support for immigration reform and his insistence on a sound American foreign policy."

"We do not support his determination to fight on in Iraq, but we welcome his insistence that America's military posture be matched by its moral purpose," the paper wrote.

The newspaper called Mitt Romney "a vigorous and articulate alternative" but said he "spent so much effort to convince Republicans he's one of them that he has called his most basic values into question."

The endorsements for the Feb. 5 primary will appear in Sunday editions. They were posted Friday on the newspaper's Web site.

http://www.huffingtonpost.com/huff-wires/20080201/la-times-endorsements/

[Bindare_Dundat]

Newspapers shouldn't be endorsing anyone.

They should be reporting the FACTS, in which case they fail miserably in most cases.

[24KT]

Newspapers shouldn't be endorsing anyone.

They should be reporting the FACTS, in which case they fail miserably in most cases.

I agree!

[Bindare_Dundat]

Now that I think about it, Im pretty pissed that newspapers who are supposed to by unbiased sources of news are doing this. Doesn't this go against journalistc integrity?