Marin (California) Independent-Journal Endorses President Obama
BARACK OBAMA has earned four more years as president of the United States.
He inherited two wars started by a Republican president and a reeling economy that pushed our nation and the world to the precipice of a catastrophic meltdown.
The economic collapse was averted and the U.S. economy, despite what is happening in Europe and other parts of the world, is slowly recovering, with the unemployment rate dropping below 8 percent.
President Obama is winding down two costly wars he did not start. His foreign policy team has been a stabilizing influence around the globe during some chaotic times, most notably the Arab spring uprisings. He tracked down Osama bin Laden and had the terrorist behind the 9/11 attacks killed, a bold decision that could easily have backfired.
He pushed through historic health care reform, accomplishing something several presidents could not make happen. Obamacare (he has embraced that name) isn't perfect, but it has addressed appalling gaps in our health care system, including eventually making coverage available to more than 50 million uninsured Americans...
More than 77 percent of Marin voters supported Barack Obama four years ago.
That was the right decision then and now.
The Independent Journal endorses Barack Obama for president of the United States.
