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Your Thoughts: Chicago Tribune endorses Obama, McCain
Submitted by admin on Sun, 01/27/2008 - 7:54pm.
The Chicago Tribune today endorsed Obama for the Democratic side, and John McCain for the Republicans.
Read the endorsements here .
On Obama: "Obama has the confidence to speak truth, poll-tested or not."
On McCain: "A President McCain would engage challenges domestic and foreign with the candid conviction that doing what's right may cost us."
Do you agree?
Good points.
But as a person who deals in delivering information that's important to people, I'm curious: if the papers don't matter, what does?
How do you decide? Do endorsements by other big names matter, such as the endorsement by Ted Kennedy of Obama yesterday?
Do people really read platforms and position papers and policy details, or is it just horse-race numbers and polls and soundbites?
Most people are now reading platforms. Unless it is someone I really don't like at all endorsing a candidate, I don't pay attention to endorsments. If Bin Laden was endorsing a candidate, I would steer clear of voting for that candidate. An extreme example but you get the point. The fact that someone endorses a candidate, I have to wonder what are they getting for that endorsment? Are politicians, businesses and industry already lining up for future favors? Trust your own instincts and read the platforms.
Comment: I don't think the average
Submitted by malph920 on Mon, 01/28/2008 - 3:44pm.I don't think the average the voter is much influenced by who backs who anymore. An educated voter makes his/her own decision based on what is important to them. The Fib-tune and Scum times rarely report the truth any more. They sensationalize and allow some of their reporters/columnists to race-bate. So I say....who cares who the papers endorse.