Posted on 02/12/2016 9:06:16 PM PST by BlackFemaleArmyColonel
The Dallas Morning News on Friday endorsed Republican presidential candidate John Kasich over home-state rival Ted Cruz for the GOP nomination.
"As much as we'd like to see a Texan in the White House, we fear that Cruz's brand of politics is more about disruption than governing and threatens to take the Republican Party to a dark place," editorial members of the influential Texas newspaper wrote.
"As we've written before, continuing obstructionist paths might excite primary voters, but it won't benefit the nation or the conservative cause," they added.
Editors of the Dallas Morning News wrote that state-level public servants like Kasich "forged practical, even imaginative, ways to help their citizens lead safer, more stable and prosperous lives."
"That's a sharp contrast to what GOP presidential front-runners Donald Trump and Ted Cruz are offering," the editors wrote, referencing the candidates who won New Hampshire and Iowa, respectively.
"John Kasich of Ohio is one of those pragmatic leaders, a Republican who -- to his own present detriment, perhaps, but to the benefit of his constituents -- shows more interest in actually governing than in partisan theatrics," the newspaper added.
The Morning News editorial board praised Kasich's "get things done" bona fides in Ohio, mentioning closing a budget shortfall and overseeing a sharp drop in unemployment, as well as his efforts in Congress to balance the federal budget. They also credited his moderate positions on immigration and Medicaid.
"While other GOP establishment opponents, for instance former Florida Gov. Jeb Bush and Florida Sen. Marco Rubio, have rewritten parts of their résumés, the center-right Kasich hasn't been cowed by the farthest-right reaches of the party into doing anything of the sort," the editorial reads.
Texas holds its primary March 1.
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LOL ...we are in the twilight zone ...
Hahahahahaha
This is no surprise, Bernie is more their speed.
Is this yet another demonstration of Ted’s mass appeal?
Oh my ...
Why is this a surprise? Dallas deplores the Bush’s and all those remotely connected with them.
Makes Ted a “shrub” for being dumb enough to believe 43.
My local newspaper has long been the source of who not to vote for.
Funny how the MSM always demands that the GOP be pragmatic and to “reach across the aisle,” but never require the same from the Democrats...
And the message is :”Vote for Cruz” ???
I took a guess when scanning through comments and seeing the headline.
Dallas Morning News.
And it used to be a serious newspaper, though some of that was mere superficiality of image and impression, since the lay-out and over-all presentation had a bit more polish than say, the Ft. Worth Star-Telegram.
I'm talking 40 to 50 years ago...
No endorsements from 99 colleagues.
Former endorser gov. Sarah Palin switched to Trump.
Pro-life Phyllis Schlafly endorsed Trump.
Now major Texas newspapers are abandoning him.
And how about the senior senator from Texas, John Cornyn?
May be governor Greg Abbott will surely endorse Cruz!
Please be serious.
In the general, this fishwrap is not going to endorse any Republican.
In other words, Cruz is conservative; vote for Kasich instead.
Dallas used to have a conservative evening newspaper, the Times-Herald, but it went under in the early eighties.
I’m surprised to hear Dallasites don’t like the Bushes, though.
Austin moved to Dallas?
“Phyllis Schlafly endorsed Trump.”
No, she hasn’t.
Believe it or not, there are liberal newspapers in Texas and they never endorse conservatives.
Shocker I know.
ft. Worth natives call it the FW Startlegram. lol
Same with us. Whomever the Houston Chronicle endorses, is the person I vote against.
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