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ProSense Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Fri Feb-01-08 03:42 PM
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Obama receives endorsement of over 80 newspapers

Obama receives endorsement of over 80 newspapers

By Feb 5 State Update - Feb 1st, 2008

To date, Barack Obama has received over 80 endorsements from newspapers in early states and states with February 5 primaries around the country.

Below are a few excerpts, followed by a list of the endorsements with links to the full articles.

Chicago Tribune: "Barack Obama is the rare individual who can sit in the U.S. Senate yet have his career potential unfulfilled. He is the Democrat best suited to lead this nation. We offer him our endorsement for the Feb. 5 Illinois primary."

Arizona Republic: "We believe Barack Obama has the best chance of moving Washington and the nation beyond the poisonous partisanship of recent decades. He appeals to independent voters and Republicans, in addition to members of his own party. His promise to unite is convincing."

St. Louis Post-Dispatch: "Barack Obama is aware of yesterday, but he is about today and tomorrow and next year. In a strong field of Democratic presidential contenders, he offers the best hope of transforming the debate and moving on to what America can be in the 21st century."

San Francisco Chronicle: "In a Jan. 17 meeting with our editorial board, Obama demonstrated an impressive command of a wide variety of issues. He listened intently to the questions. He responded with substance. He did not control a format without a stopwatch on answers or constraints on follow-up questions, yet he flourished in it. He radiated the sense of possibility that has attracted the votes of independents and tapped into the idealism of young people during this campaign. He exuded the aura of a 46-year-old leader who could once again persuade the best and the brightest to forestall or pause their grand professional goals to serve in his administration."

Newspapers that have endorsed Barack Obama:

AL – Tuscaloosa News

AZ – The Arizona Republic

CA – Black Voice News

CA – Chico News & Review

CA – Fresno Bee

CA – Inland Valley Daily Bulletin

CA – Long Beach Leader

CA – Los Angeles Daily News

CA – Los Angeles Sentinel

CA – Los Angeles Wave

CA – Marin Pacific Sun

CA – Modesto Bee

CA – North Bay Bohemian

CA – North Coast Journal

CA – Palm Springs Desert Sun

CA – Pasadena Star-News/San Gabriel Valley Tribune/Whittier Daily News

CA – Precinct Reporter

CA – Riverside Press-Enterprise

CA – Sacramento Bee

CA – San Diego City Beat

CA – San Francisco Bay Guardian

CA – San Francisco Bay View

CA – San Francisco Chronicle

CA – San Jose Mercury News

CA – Santa Barbara Independent

CA – Santa Cruz Sentinel

CA – Tri County Bulletin

CA – Stockton Record

CO – Aspen Times

CO – Colorado Springs Independent

CT – Connecticut Post

CT – Norwich Bulletin

CT – The Day

CT – Yale Daily News

FL – Gainesville Sun

FL – Palm Beach Post

FL – Tampa Tribune

FL – St. Petersburg Times

GA – Atlanta Journal Constitution

GA – Atlanta Daily World

IA – Ames Iowa State Daily

IA – Des Moines El Latino

IA – Iowa City Press Citizen

IA – Iowa City Daily Iowan

IA – Sioux City Journal

IA – Logan Herald-Observer

IA – Ottumwa Courier

IL – Chicago Defender

IL – Chicago Sun-Times

IL – Chicago Tribune

IL – Daily Herald

IL – Belleville News Democrat

MA – Bay State Banner

MA – Boston Globe

MA – Boston Phoenix

MA – Daily News Tribune

MA – The Springfield Republican

ME – Portland Press Herald

MN – Minnesota Daily

MO – Kansas City Call

MO – St. Louis Post-Dispatch

NH – Littleton Courier

NH – Nashua Telegraph

NH – Portsmouth Herald

NH – Valley News

NJ – The Trenton Times

NV – Elko Daily Free Press

NV – Las Vegas Review Journal

NV – Reno Gazette Journal

NY – Daily Star

NY – Gay City News

NY – New York Observer

NY – New York Post

NM – Santa Fe New Mexican

NM – Santa Fe Reporter

PA – Philadelphia Inquirer

SC – The State

SC – The Rock Hill Herald

SC – The Greenville News

TN – Tri-State Defender

TX – Dallas Morning News

WA – The Seattle Times



Hyperlinked at Obama's campaign site.

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cjmastaw Donating Member (195 posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Fri Feb-01-08 03:45 PM
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1. HA HA HA HA HA!
Edited on Fri Feb-01-08 03:45 PM by cjmastaw
kind of makes hillary's ONE little endorsement look.... irrelevant
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Nimrod2005 Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Fri Feb-01-08 03:51 PM
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3. Stunning
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K Gardner Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Fri Feb-01-08 03:46 PM
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2. Wait for it: "I WILL CANCEL MY SUBSCRIPTION TO "X" NEWSPAPER! HOW DARE THEY!"
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MzShellG Donating Member (835 posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Fri Feb-01-08 08:20 PM
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12. That's funny, sad, and petty all at once.
Tsk-tsk-tsk.....Is it really THAT serious? Some of these democrats should boycott repuke products the way the do all things pro-Obama.
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bigtree Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Fri Feb-01-08 03:52 PM
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4. yeah, you KNOW how much we respect the media
to make these decisions for us . . . .
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IronLionZion Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Fri Feb-01-08 04:26 PM
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6. I like how you didn't say "corporate media" or MSM!
:rofl:
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nichomachus Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Fri Feb-01-08 04:25 PM
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5. That's not encouraging
Obama is the darling of the Corporatocracy's propaganda outlets. That's kind of scary. I may have to rethink my support for him. If the Corporate Media is so rock-solid behind him, there must be something we don't know.

Why do the Corporatists so desperately want him to get the nomination? And please don't tell me they've all turned into liberals overnight.
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SammyWinstonJack Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Fri Feb-01-08 04:29 PM
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7. LOL!
Why do the Corporatists so desperately want him to get the nomination? And please don't tell me they've all turned into liberals overnight. :spray:

Wait for it! :evilgrin:
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george_maniakes Donating Member (831 posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Fri Feb-01-08 04:56 PM
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8. hillary must have recieved her fair share too....
besides the new york times.
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bigtree Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Fri Feb-01-08 08:17 PM
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11. yep
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Tweed Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Sat Feb-02-08 05:45 AM
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19. Maybe 10 newspapers
You are correct.
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ProSense Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Fri Feb-01-08 05:06 PM
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9. Add
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polichick Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Fri Feb-01-08 05:08 PM
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10. Nice to see my fav newspaper...
St. Petersburg Times ~ I didn't realize so many papers had endorsed.
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Colobo Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Fri Feb-01-08 11:06 PM
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13. Kick!
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Califooyah Operative Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Sat Feb-02-08 05:31 AM
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14. wow. nt
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dailykoff Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Sat Feb-02-08 05:34 AM
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15. And add Los Angeles Times and La Opinion
But wait! Hilly has Roseanne!
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FrenchieCat Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Sat Feb-02-08 05:38 AM
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16. That's Awesome!
Truly, it is.

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dailykoff Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Sat Feb-02-08 05:43 AM
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18. It's pretty stunning
considering that the Clintons had it all "locked up" two months ago.
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cgrindley Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Sat Feb-02-08 05:42 AM
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17. The NY Post Endorsement was sort of a joke
the Post is a deviant right wing rag... their endorsement of Obama is similar to the Coultergeist's endorsement of Hillary.
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Lucinda Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Sat Feb-02-08 06:17 AM
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20. Thanks. I wanted to compare his endorsements with McClatchy owned papers.
Yuu saved me a bunch of time! Thanks.
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