Obama Gets Endorsement From Chicago Tribune

   This is a rather surprising and a very big endorsement coming from the Tribune as they have never endorsed a Democrat for President of the United States.

Chicago Tribune

On Nov. 4 we're going to elect a president to lead us through a perilous time and restore in us a common sense of national purpose.
The strongest candidate to do that is Sen. Barack Obama. The Tribune is proud to endorse him today for president of the United States.

We can provide some assurance. We have known Obama since he entered politics a dozen years ago. We have watched him, worked with him, argued with him as he rose from an effective state senator to an inspiring U.S. senator to the Democratic Party's nominee for president.

We have tremendous confidence in his intellectual rigor, his moral compass and his ability to make sound, thoughtful, careful decisions. He is ready.

  That is three great endorsement for Friday, the first one being from The           Washington Post, and then from the...

 LA TIMES

We need a leader who demonstrates thoughtful calm and grace under pressure, one not prone to volatile gesture or capricious pronouncement. We need a leader well-grounded in the intellectual and legal foundations of American freedom. Yet we ask that the same person also possess the spark and passion to inspire the best within us: creativity, generosity and a fierce defense of justice and liberty.

The Times without hesitation endorses Barack Obama for president.
Our nation has never before had a candidate like Obama, a man born in the 1960s, of black African and white heritage, raised and educated abroad as well as in the United States, and bringing with him a personal narrative that encompasses much of the American story but that, until now, has been reflected in little of its elected leadership. The excitement of Obama's early campaign was amplified by that newness. But as the presidential race draws to its conclusion, it is Obama's character and temperament that come to the fore. It is his steadiness. His maturity.

  The Tribune endorsement is surprising especially since they endorsed John McCain back in the primaries.

UPDATE:  Obama has also been endorsed by the Chicago Sun-Times

Our endorsement for president of the United States goes to Sen. Barack Obama, Chicago’s adopted son. He has the unique background, superior intellect, sound judgment and first-rate temperament to lead our nation in difficult times.

  In all fairness, I should note that John McCain was endorsed by.......NOBODY

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President Barack Obama?

   If you listen to or even read the latest comments from the bigger newspapers or the cable news shows, except for FOX, then you know that most are saying that after the last debate, John McCain might as well go home to Arizona.

   I feel the same way myself, but, I've watched these elections still be lost do to some crap such as " the Bradley Effect " and whatever. I think that the Bradley effect is just a lame cover for Republican election left, so don't celebrate the Obama victory yet people. It ain't over till it's over.

  That said, here are a few words from Ruben Navarrette Jr. from CNN. He's basically talking about how Obama beat McCain like he was his bitch in the last debate.

  Make no mistake, Barack Obama is one cool customer. Now, after the last debate, it seems all but certain that the Iceman cometh to the White House.

In this week's match-up, Obama snatched the gloves out of McCain's hands and slapped him silly with them. I suppose the hope was that Obama would get rattled and make a mistake. But Obama doesn't get rattled or make many mistakes.

Obviously, it takes a lot to get under Obama's skin. McCain sure tried. Maybe this is the guy we want negotiating with world leaders. Maybe after eight years of George W. Bush stubbornness, on the heels of eight years of Clinton emotiveness, we need to send out for ice.

  So how did the voters who watched the debate like McCain?

In the CNN/Opinion Research Corp. poll, 70 percent of debate watchers found Obama more likable. Only 22 percent said that about McCain.

  I really do hope that Senator McCain's White House hopes are dashed to no end. The man is not likable and he has no honor, as we've since since he was nominated by the Republicans. John McCain took the drastic step of selling all that he was in order to be the next President and this country does not need someone as low as McCain in the White House. George Bush was enough for us and so too are the rest of the Republicans.

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