Posted on 12/15/2007 11:42:09 PM PST by neverdem
Senators Barack Obama and John McCain have been endorsed by The Boston Globe editorial board ahead of the first-in-the-nation presidential primary on Jan. 8 in New Hampshire.
The board wrote that Obama, the Illinois Democrat, fulfills America's need for "a president with an intuitive sense of the wider world,'' and that McCain, the Arizona Republican, ''has done more than his share to transcend partisanship and promote an honest discussion of the problems facing the United States.''
The newspaper released early excerpts of its McCain and Obama endorsements, which will be published in full in Sunday's Globe and on Boston.com. The endorsements followed in-depth interviews with the presidential contenders.
Of Obama, the editorial board wrote that his diverse and international life experience was a plus. "The most sobering challenges that face this country — terrorism, climate change, disease pandemics — are global,'' the board wrote. "America needs a president with an intuitive sense of the wider world, with all its perils and opportunities. Barack Obama has this understanding at his core.''
The board, noting that Obama would be the country's first post-Baby Boom president if elected, addressed his relative lack of Washington experience compared to several of his Democratic rivals. ''It is true that all the other Democratic contenders have more conventional resumes, and have spent more time in Washington,'' the board wrote. "But that exposure has tended to give them a sense of government’s constraints. Obama is more open to its possibilities.''
McCain was praised as a straight talker whose honesty at political cost might help a polarized nation. The board called him an antidote to the "toxic political approach'' of the last two presidential elections.
''McCain’s views differ from those of this editorial page in a variety of ways. Yet McCain’s honesty has served him well,'' the board wrote...
(Excerpt) Read more at boston.com ...
Could I please ask a question?
Does anyone really believe that McCain can win in November of ‘08 with his age being in the 70s and his temperment? I just don’t see it.
But, I can’t see that America is ready to elect a Baptist Preacher POTUS either.
Am I right or wrong?
Yes.
The Globe? What’s that, a brand of toilet paper?
Yep.
There, fixed it.
True. And they are not endorsing the two local liberals: the Junior Senator from New York and the former governor of Taxachusetts.
Very interesting, indeed.
A front runner and a non front runner .........no bias there.
The only reason the Globe endorses McCain is because they know he can’t win in November.
The guys in Providence rent members of the judiciary when needed.
Another reason to oppose McCain.
“In MSM We don’t trust”—Any Conservative
Yes, and the endorsement should be understood the same way they endorsed Ford over Reagan in 1976 and Bush over Reagan in 1980.
I’ll be surprised if either McCain or Huckabee gets the GOP nomination.
I posted the story because of the Globe dissing NY’s junior Senator.
Hillary’s going to need lots of toilet paper after Iowa to clean up the mess she’ll be in.
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