Des Moines Register endorses a candidate (romney) who endorses the rapey guy Mourdock. nt

[warrior1]

[Faith9326]

1. Honesty

I agree with what everyone else has been saying. It's a very odd endorsement.

[GLOBAL LIBERAL]

2. DMR endorsement not to have any impact

Do math with Venn Diagram. I don't have raw numbers but if you look at all variables. very few votes to change hand

-No of people in IOWA who subscribe to DMR
-No of people who read the news paper after buying it
-No of people who read the editorial section
-No of independents who have not voted yet
-No of people who are independent and undecided (very small) who read the editorial section
-No of undecided who will be influenced after reading the DMR editorial (negligible)


Media pundits like narrative but are too lazy to do actual analysis

[question everything]

3. When was the last time that a candidate endorsed by DM Register

either in the primaries or in general elections won?

[SnakeEyes]

4. 2008

Not sure about the primaries but They endorsed Obama in the 08 general election and before that their last winner was Clinton. The newspaper hasnt endorsed a Republican presidential candidate since Nixon until now.