Iowa's biggest newspaper endorses Edwards

[oreagan]

http://www.cnn.com/2004/ALLPOLITICS/01/11/elec04.prez.edwards/index.html

A good placing in Iowa and New Hampshire and a win in SC and Edwards could be the Dean alternative for the nation. I'd personally much rather Edwards over Dean, though I'd like Kerry as well.

 

[CADsortaGUY]

not many cared when I posted it

Kerry got some endorsements from some small rags.

CkG

 

[chess9]

Edwards is a compassionate, appealing and smart fellow. But, he looks too much like a Hollywood version of "President" and he flashes that Pepsodent smile way too much for me. The one good thing about him is he rarely attacks someone else. While Kerry is looking and sounding like a complete idiot tripping all over himself to rip Dean and Clark, Edwards just oozes Southern charm and hospitality. We could do worse than Edwards for President. Like Bush? :

-Robert

 

[Czar]

why should a newspaper be in the business of supporting one candidate over the other?

 

[oreagan]

Originally posted by: CADkindaGUY
not many cared when I posted it

Kerry got some endorsements from some small rags.

CkG

Ahh, good point, heh, whoops

 

[Gonad the Barbarian]

Originally posted by: Czar
why should a newspaper be in the business of supporting one candidate over the other?

I really like Edwards, but I ask the same question. I thought the news was supposed to remain impartial?

 

[chess9]

Support of a candidate is usually done by the editorial staff, though often it is little more than the Publisher's opinion. Anyway, support for certain candidates is a long tradition in the newspaper industry and there is nothing wrong with it since most folks understand the endorsement is nothing more than the opinion of one or several people at the paper.

Opinion is not news, unless it IS news.

-Robert