Denver Post and Los Angeles Times endorse Barack Obama for President

[TeamJordan23]

The Denver Post, which had backed George W. Bush in 2004 and is owned by Republican-leaning William Dean Singleton, this evening endorsed Barack Obama for president.

This followed this afternoon's surprises: the Chicago Tribune, which has never in 150 years endorsed a Democrat, backed Obama, as did its fellow Tribune paper, the Los Angeles -- which had endorsed no one in more than 30 years. It seems like a dam broke yesterday with the unexpectedly early choice of Obama by The Washington Post.

In E&P's exclusive count, Obama now leads 52-16 in editorial endorsements.

Colorodo, of course, is a key swing state.

The Denver paper simply posted on its site this evening: "The Denver Post's editorial board today has endorsed Democrat Barack Obama for president."

The Post decided Obama is "better equipped to lead America back to a prosperous future....In unsteady times, it may seem obvious to gravitate toward the veteran politician, but in this campaign, it's been the newcomer who has had the steady hand."

Today's endorsement will appear in Sunday's print edition of The Denver Post. Like most of the other major papers making a pick this week, it came out on the Web well before landing in print.

The paper's site also boasts a dissenting view from the editorial board (see editorial writer Chuck Plunkett's column). And Editorial Page Editor Dan Haley explains how it all went down, pointing out that the "independent" paper has split its last 14 picks for president right down the middle in party choice. He writes: "Today, with our endorsement of Obama, we lean further to the left than my own personal compass. But it's where the majority of our board is, and that's OK.

"We know our endorsement is likely to anger about, oh, 47 percent of the people in Colorado. And that's OK, too.
Endorsements are meant to stoke a public dialogue."

Here's the link for Denver Post endorsement:

http://www.denverpost.com/breakingnews/ci_10748409

LA Times Endorsement: http://www.latimes.com/news/opinion/editorials/la-ed-endorse19-2008oct19,0,5198206.story

[RagAss]

1. Denver Post.....wow .....n/m

[Cha]

2. The Denver Post blows me

away! bush in 2004 and Obama's more left than their personal compass?!

"In unsteady times, it may seem obvious to gravitate toward the veteran politician, but in this campaign, it's been the newcomer who has had the steady hand," The Post said in its endorsement."

[Cha]

3. Wonder who The Rocky Mountain News

will endorse? I hear they're even more rw.