3 more newspaper endorsements for Obama: Honolulu Advertiser, Fort Worth Star Telegram, CC Caller...

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Honolulu Advertiser

Democrats need Barack Obama's vision, leadership

Conventional wisdom suggests that once Democrats pick their nominee, it will be easy for the party to rally behind the winner against the presumptive GOP presidential candidate, John McCain. Hillary Clinton and Barack Obama, both strong candidates, aren't far apart on key national issues, and Democrats have eight years of deprivation uniting them in their zeal to reclaim the White House.

But while they might find the November decision easy, many of the party faithful are struggling over the more immediate choice: Which U.S. senator should become the Democratic standard-bearer?

For tomorrow's party caucus, when Hawai'i Democrats have a rare chance to influence the final outcome of the primary-election campaign, The Honolulu Advertiser endorses Barack Obama, recognizing his ideas and policies as being most closely aligned with the needs of the country.
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It is, in fact, the critical aspect of leadership required at times like these, when only a more unified nation can find its way through the difficulties ahead.

The party needs to acknowledge the clarion call that's resonated through the past weeks of the presidential campaign. It needs Barack Obama.
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http://www.honoluluadvertiser.com/apps/pbcs.dll/article?AID=/20080217/OPINION01/802170328/1105/OPINION01

Fort Worth Star Telegram

Texas voters have two remarkable candidates from which to choose in the March 4 Democratic presidential primary. Regardless of the outcome of this state's vote and those across the nation, history will be made.

Both Hillary Clinton and Barack Obama represent change, but in decidedly different ways.

Supportive politicians, pundits and writers of letters to newspaper editors have defined that difference as transitional vs. transformative. Clinton is the former; Obama the latter.

Right now, America needs transformation.
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Yes, we know, hope is not a strategy. But it can get people working together to find one.

The Star-Telegram recommends Barack Obama in the Democratic primary for president.
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http://www.star-telegram.com/225/story/477630.html

Corpus Christi Caller Times

"Obama offers Democrats inspirational leadership"

Democrats are watching one of the most exciting presidential nominating contest in years unfold in a series of state primaries across the nation. The two Democrats left in the race, Sens. Hillary Ridgan Clinton of New York and Barack Obama of Illinois, now bring their campaigns to Texas. This is a memorable moment for Texans whose voices have been irrelevant in past presidential primary elections. But in this March 4 primary, Texas Democrats have a chance to make history.
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Voting for Obama takes courage. He is three years removed from the Illinois state senate. He has never served in the military, nor has Clinton. Obama has never led an organization with as many moving parts as the White House. But experience means little if it is only about remembering the old hates. And it takes courage to break from the old political civil wars. Many Democrats, like many Republicans, find it easier and more comforting to vilify political opponents and nurse grudges than to take the bold step of reaching across political lines to find solutions wherever they may be found. Nominating the Illinois senator offers Americans a chance to transcend the old politics. The Editorial Board endorses Sen. Barack Obama because it believes that he offers the kind of inspirational leadership the country is hungry for.
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http://www.caller.com/news/2008/feb/17/obama-offers-democrats-inspirational-leadership

[BeyondGeography]

1. 3 endorsements, one thread

Well done, Bleach.

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2. Thanks

It's annoying. I'd rather lay them out on their own.

[babylonsister]

5. Agreed, but you did good, Bleachers7. nt

[writes3000]

3. Thank you, thank you, Bleachers. Quality post AND....

great endorsements. This is the kind of info I come here to get.

Thanks, again.

[babylonsister]

4. Holy moly! I thought Clinton had So. TX wrapped up?! Guess not-GOBAMA! nt

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7. She's losing all of these endorsements

I just don't understand why they're endorsing so early.

[babylonsister]

9. Two weeks prior to theTX primary? Is that 'too' early? And Hawaii

is having their primary on Tuesday.

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12. Yes, I'm referring to the Texas ones.

I would think they'd wait another week. Oh well. It's a good thing either way.

[GodlessBiker]

11. There have to be a few TX papers that endorsed Clinton. No? Any?

[MadBadger]

14. Meh, If I remember correctly, Obama won almost every endorsement in Cali

That didnt exactly turn out as well as we would have wanted now did it.

[babylonsister]

16. TX is a bit more personal to me because I live here. Also, I have

a dear friend in CC who's on the fence and reads the Caller-Times religiously. I'm hoping this will sway her. I don't put a whole lot of stock in endorsements otherwise, just think they're interesting.

[MadBadger]

17. I mean, they cant hurt (unless its a RW Rag).

But literally every newspaper seemed to endorse Obama in California. Fine out for us if she is swayed by it.

[SoFlaJet]

6. three commie rags

with ties to terra-ists with editorial boards that HATE women and are NOT to be read anymore by any HRC supporters-they are now...ON THE LIST-the ever-growing list

[Madam Mossfern]

8. Hillary "Rigdan" Clinton????

What?

[elfin]

10. Plus Milwaukee Journal Sentinel

http://www.jsonline.com/story/index.aspx?id=718696


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Our recommendation in Wisconsin's primary on Tuesday for the Democratic nomination is Barack Obama. That's our recommendation because change and experience are crucial to moving this country forward after what will be eight years of an administration careening from mistake to catastrophe to disaster and back again.

The Illinois senator is best-equipped to deliver that change, and his relatively shorter time in Washington is more asset than handicap.

The Obama campaign has been derisively and incorrectly described as more rock tour than political campaign and his supporters as more starry-eyed groupies than thoughtful voters.

If detractors in either party want to continue characterizing the Obama campaign this way, they will have seriously underestimated both the electorate's hunger for meaningful change in how the nation is governed and the candidate himself.

[Scurrilous]

13. Great news!

K & R :thumbsup:

[CorpGovActivist]

15. Thanks for the heads-up. n/t