3 Major Papers Endorse Obama

[DroppinScience]

L.A. Times, Chicago Tribune, and Washington Post have endorsed him. What's especially significant is that the Chicago Tribune has endorsed REPUBLICANS each and every time ever since the paper started in 1847. So this is the first Democrat they've backed.

L.A. Times hasn't endorsed a candidate (of either party) since 1972.

http://politicalticker.blogs.cnn.com/2008/10/17/obama-wins-backing-from-three-major-metropolitan-newspapers/

[yeahwho]

I would have been shocked if any government agency endorsed the sort of defamation McCain's campaign has been dispensing.

[Dorothy Wood]

pretty exciting! but to be fair, my roommate works for the trib and I know that they're trying to become more relevant and grab younger readers because print is dying. if they backed mccain it'd be the last nail in the coffin. they actually just redid the layout so it looks more like the internet. :/

[DroppinScience]

Add 2 more papers to the Obama endorsement. Denver Post and Miami Herald.

Denver Post previously endorsed Bush in 2004.

http://politicalticker.blogs.cnn.com/2008/10/18/obama-wins-backing-from-two-big-papers-in-key-states/#more-25399

[yeahwho]

The Washington Post sums up what I see as one of the most telling reasons for Barack Obama to win,

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.
When your resume for leader of the most powerful nation currently known to mankind has petty shots at the opponent, he seems pretty ridiculous and full of diversion tactics.

The next president is apt to have the chance to nominate one or more Supreme Court justices. Given the court's current precarious balance, we think Obama appointees could have a positive impact on issues from detention policy and executive power to privacy protections and civil rights.
McCain's vetting process lacks any sort of intelligence. No way would I trust his decision here. Just no fucking way.

On a side note most people who actually read papers and the advertisers who pay the papers have something in common, they want this country back to the once admired country it was. They want the system to work and they want the citizens of the USA to prosper.

Hence we'll see an onslaught of Obama endorsements in the mainstream media.

[RobMoney$]

So a bunch of writers and editors get in a room and a majority of them, (I'm sure it wasn't unanmous) decide it's best for the paper if they endorse Obama.


PREDICTABLE.


Does this really influence anyone's vote?

[QueenAdrock]

Not for people like you or me, but for the undecided bloc, I'd expect the more support they hear for Obama, the more likely they'd be to vote for him. If they think both are the same in their minds, all they need is to hear time and again that Obama is better (from newspapers, high-profile endorsements, government endorsements, people that they may respect and listen to), and that may change their minds.

Who knows though? I seriously don't get people who are undecided. I mean, what needs to be said to convince them that hasn't been said already? Just sit down, look at the issues, see who you like, and make a goddamn choice.

[DroppinScience]

So a bunch of writers and editors get in a room and a majority of them, (I'm sure it wasn't unanmous) decide it's best for the paper if they endorse Obama.


PREDICTABLE.


Does this really influence anyone's vote?

You're just bitter that some key papers that have traditionally supported Republicans have now switched and gone for Obama.

And don't pretend you wouldn't be rubbing it into all of our faces if these papers were going for McCain instead.

[yeahwho]

Even the reddest of the red now endorses Obama.

The Houston Chronicle has endorsed only Republican Candidates going back 40 years.

The Chronicle endorses Barack Obama for president and Joe Biden for vice president of the United States (http://www.chron.com/disp/story.mpl/editorial/6065490.html)

I am pleasantly shocked.

McCain has an illustrious record of service to America, first as a pilot taken prisoner by the North Vietnamese, and then with a distinguished Senate career. To his credit, he has broken with his own party in the past to fight for campaign reform, oppose the sanctioning of torture and acknowledge the threat of human-induced global warming. However, in his bid for the presidency, he has aligned himself with a more conservative political base and disappointed moderates.

Perhaps the worst mistake McCain made in his campaign for the White House was the choice of the inexperienced and inflammatory Palin as his vice-presidential running mate. Had he selected a moderate, experienced Republican lawmaker such as Texas Sen. Kay Bailey Hutchison with a strong appeal to independents, the Chronicle's choice for an endorsement would have been far more difficult.

In comments to the Chronicle editorial board during his Texas primary fight against Sen. Hillary Rodham Clinton, Obama explained why he believed he would be the best choice for president.

"More than any other candidate, I could bridge some of the partisan, racial and religious divides in this country that prevent us from getting things done," said Obama. "I believe that I could attract independents and some disillusioned Republicans into a working majority to bring about change on critical issues."

Back in the spring, Obama's sentiments seemed more a hope than reality. Since then, we have watched him grow in the roles of candidate and leader, maintaining grace under fire without resorting to political expediency. He is by far the best choice to deliver the changes that Americans demand.