Did I hear right? Did The Economist just endorse Obama over Mr. Business?

[catbyte]

If so,

[DevonRex]

1. Yes, it did.

http://www.economist.com/news/leaders/21565623-america-could-do-better-barack-obama-sadly-mitt-romney-does-not-fit-bill-which-one

[WhaTHellsgoingonhere]

2. Ahhh...

[DonViejo]

3. Yes, here's a link to the DU post about it

http://sync.democraticunderground.com/1251197911

[Sekhmets Daughter]

4. Yes,

Not as enthusiastically as it did in 2008, but it did indeed endorse President Obama for a second term.

[Aerows]

18. Romney isn't going to win

No one thought he would win, but they all expected President Obama to do something to lose.

Romney is so fake, he makes plastic look like petrified wood.

[Sekhmets Daughter]

20. Exactly!

[Aerows]

24. He makes me ill

Hope you feel the same and show up at the polls SSt.

[Sekhmets Daughter]

25. My dear Aerows,

I am working the polls, my own precinct in fact.

[Aerows]

38. I know you are

because you are purely awesome that way !!!

[Sekhmets Daughter]

41. You will be happy to know

I took a pass on a letter to Dear Red States...(except to correct the OP) I thought of you as I was reading it.

[Aerows]

43. You kick ass

And plan to monitor FL polls.

[hifiguy]

27. I am not entirely sure that Willard is

NOT made of petrified wood. It would explain a lot of things.

[Aerows]

39. He makes me want to throw up

He is so smarmy and slimy, he is worse than those villains in 1920's silent pictures. Even his gestures remind me of them.

[hifiguy]

42. He needs a handlebar moustache to twirl

to complete the picture. Nyah-ha-ha!!

[exboyfil]

5. Anybody think it is chickens**t

to wait until now to do the endorsement. It is not as if Romney's fundamentals have changed from the beginning. he is still grasping at reducing the top marginal rate to 28% from 33% as the solution to all our problems. After every flip flop and every other thing he did - that is one constant in his economic plan, and it is one of the fundamental reasons that he was a nonstarter with me long before I figured out how much an empty suit he is.

Combine this with information about the suppressed Congressional Economic Report and you have to wonder.

[TrogL]

13. They haven't been real fond of Rmoney since the beginning

[Aerows]

19. Of course it is

But they aren't endorsing Obama as a winner so much as they are telling Romney he is a loser, which also suits me just fine. Romney is faker than a guy in a cheap suit asking for change for a three dollar bill.

[Sekhmets Daughter]

23. It's a British Publication....

they think we are nuts for having a campaign season that stretches to eternity...and they don't credit Americans with very long memories.

[JI7]

31. Exactly, This would be the Norm time to endorse for the Brits

[Sekhmets Daughter]

33. Yep,

I've been a subscriber for years and have a really great rate.... It is renewal time for me and I've been waiting to see who they would endorse. I renewed today...

[madokie]

29. Now right before the election is when you get the most bang for the buck with endorsements

In my way of seeing this anyway
No one would remember if this endorsement was months back. again my opinion

[defacto7]

6. K&R

[mmonk]

7. Yep though their premise is absolutely ridiculous.

He surrendered too much to the left? Bwahahahahaha!

[drm604]

8. It's a reluctant endorsement.

It's essentially a "lesser evil" endorsement: Obama ain't so great, but Romney is worse.

But hey, I'll take a vote for Obama, even if it is reluctant.

[joeybee12]

9. All it makes me realize is that the Economist is full of shit...

They still get a hrad on for Reagan...what a joke.

[Nye Bevan]

12. They refused to endorse Reagan in 1984. So your info may be a little bit out of date.

http://www.economist.com/node/12499760?story_id=12499760

[joeybee12]

14. Read the article...they talk about Reagan for smaller government that stays out of

people's bedrooms...yeah, Reagan was definitely pro-choice as were the judges he appointed.

[Nye Bevan]

17. "Staying out of people's bedrooms". I like that about Reagan, too. (nt)

[lindysalsagal]

10. Herd it with my own ears.

But that's just another librul anti-christ rag. Like Colin Powel. And Michael Bloomberg.

Nothing is real except the guys at my bar who know Obama's a foreign born muslim babykiller.

[Nye Bevan]

11. They endorsed Clinton in 92, Dole in 96, Bush in 2000, Kerry in 2004 and Obama in 2008.

Also, they endorsed Reagan in 1980, nobody in 1984 and nobody again in 1988.

http://www.economist.com/node/12499760?story_id=12499760

So this is not that surprising. The Economist is pro-capitalism, the free market and free trade but is highly politically independent.

[Spider Jerusalem]

15. I'd say that the Economist is solidly centre-right.

Conservative in the British and not American sense, and rational rather than rigidly ideological (see: "you can't balance budgets with spending cuts alone, you also have to raise taxes&quot .

[Nye Bevan]

16. I agree.

By "politically independent" I meant that they hold no allegiance to a particular party.

[JI7]

30. yeah, kind of like the New York Liberal Republican type, like Bloomberg

[Barack_America]

21. The Economist is generally a fairly smart publication.

The kind you can read and consistently learn something from, even if you don't fully agree.

[grantcart]

32. i agree and their international coverage better than average.

Not much of a surprise.

Romney is a venture capitalist, not Mr. Business.

Frankley I don't think most CEOs are impressed by him.

[vaberella]

22. What's so funny? It's a rational magazine that cares about the economy.

They're interest is in making the US economy better and they know the numbers are with Obama and not Mr. Rmoney.

[WinkyDink]

26. Uh, because the laugh is ON THE REPUBLICANS?

[malaise]

28. The Econmist since 1980

The Economist has a varied record on presidential endorsements. Since 1980, the publication has endorsed Ronald Reagan, Bill Clinton, Bob Dole, George W. Bush, John Kerry, and Barack Obama.

[catbyte]

34. I wasn't laughing at the Economist, I was laughing at the bogus business

superiority of Romney. He is an expert in one blood-sucking part of capitalism and they exposed Romney for the fraud that he is. It was the diss I was at.

[CCJORDAN]

35. Economist has it right, check this out:

The Economist has it right and might even really understand that this country continue to rise again under the heel of a monster M magnet bent on selling all its best assets off to other countries and giving capitalism a blank check and no boundaries. check out:

&feature=youtu.be

[sarcasmo]

36. Kick!

[reformist2]

37. Kick - This is important, a real eye-opener to right-leaning elites.

I think it's the first time the Economist has endorsed any sitting prez for re-election!