Saturday 2 February 2008

Austin American-Statesman Endorses...


Austin American-Statesman Endorses...

John McCain for the Republicans

Barack Obama for the Democrats

Barack continues to rack up some impressive editorial endorsements (LA Times and Chicago Tribune, for example). It's debatable what they're worth, and I'm sure the Statesman's is low down on the list, but I just had to report what the hometown editorial board has decided:
Like a veteran slugger on deck, Hillary Clinton has campaigned principally on the logic that it is her turn at bat. Democrats must resist the instinct to select the next in line and grab instead the best hitter on the bench. That is Barack Obama.
On the subject of editorial board endorsements, it was interesting to see that the New York Times endorsed Hillary, and over the next several days the