Posted on 10/30/2012 4:38:41 AM PDT by IBD editorial writer
President Obama spent roughly half an hour last Tuesday on the phone with the Des Moines Register's publisher and editor, desperately trying to win the influential Iowa newspaper's endorsement for a second term.
"You'll feel better when you give it," Obama told them, after touting what he said were four years of accomplishments, along with promises of strong economic growth should he get four more years.
Three days later, the Register endorsed Mitt Romney — the first Republican the paper has backed in 40 years. [snip]
The Register isn't the only newspaper to abandon Obama this year after eagerly endorsing four years ago.
In fact, of those major metro dailies that have announced their picks, more than one in five that had previously backed Obama are now pushing Romney...
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Of course, most of obama’s supporters can’t read so the newspaper endorsements mean nothing. They only get their info from TV and most everyone there has sold their souls to the devil.
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