Todayapos;s Washington Post came out with its endorsement of Obama for President. TWO full columns on their editorial page -- more space than theyapos;ve ever given an endorsement, I suspect
Some folks -- like Ken, who just commented on Morfordapos;s column that I posted yesterday -- will say that, OF COURSE, the Post would be for Obama. Ah, but the editorial was far more positive about McCain -- "there are few public figures we have respected more over the years than Sen. John McCain. Yet it is without ambivalence that we endorse Sen. Barack Obama for president.
"The choice is made easy in part by Mr. McCainapos;s disappointing campaign, above all his irresponsible selection of a running mate who is not ready to be president. It is made easy in larger part, though, because of our admiration for Mr. Obama and the impressive qualities he has shown during this long race.
"...Mr. Obama has the potential to become a great president. Given the enormous problems he would confront from his first day in office, and the damage wrought over the past eight years, we would settle for very good."
The Post was even a bit kindly regarding the "[Bush] administration, [which] pursued some worthy policies (accountability in education, homeland security, the promotion of freedom abroad). [However, it] has also championed some stunningly wrongheaded ones (fiscal recklessness, torture, utter disregard for the planetapos;s ecological health) and has acted too often with incompetence, arrogance or both... Mr. McCain would draw on many of the same policymakers who have brought us to our current state. We believe they have richly earned, and might even benefit from, some years in the political wilderness."
It states, regarding economic policy: "...the choice is not a close call. Mr. McCain has little interest in economics and no apparent feel for the topic. His principal proposal, doubling down on the Bush tax cuts, would exacerbate the fiscal wreckage and the inequality simultaneously....
The piece singled out "...education, another subject of only modest interest to Mr. McCain. Mr. Obama would focus attention on early education and on helping families so that another generation of poor children doesnapos;t lose out. His budgets would be less likely to squeeze out important programs such as Head Start and Pell grants...
On health care, the Post spoke highly of the Republican: "...Mr. McCain is right to advocate an end to the tax favoritism showed to employer plans. This system works against lower-income people, and Mr. Obama has disparaged the McCain proposal in deceptive ways.
On the current crisis affecting banks and credit, the newspaper saw it as "...impossible to predict what policies will be called for by January, but certainly the country will want ... Precisely the qualities Mr. Obama has displayed during the past few weeks. When he might have been scoring political points against the incumbent, he instead responsibly urged fellow Democrats in Congress to back Mr. Bushapos;s financial rescue plan... Some have disparaged Mr. Obama as too cool, but his unflappability over the past few weeks -- indeed, over two years of campaigning -- strikes us as exactly what Americans might want in their president at a time of great uncertainty."
On foreign affairs, it was again positive about the Arizonan: "Mr. McCain has deep knowledge and a longstanding commitment to promoting U.S. Leadership and values." However, it says, "...Mr. Obama, as anyone who reads his books can tell, also has a sophisticated understanding of the world and Americaapos;s place in it. He, too, is committed to maintaining U.S. Leadership and sticking up for democratic values, as his recent defense of tiny Georgia makes clear. We hope he would navigate between the amoral realism of some in his party and the counterproductive cocksureness of the current administration..."
"It gives us no pleasure to oppose Mr. McCain. Over the years, he has been a force for principle and bipartisanship...[but] the picture of Mr. McCain that emerged this year is far from reassuring. To pass his partyapos;s tax-cut litmus test, he jettisoned his commitment to balanced budgets... And we find no way to square his professed passion for Americaapos;s national security with his choice of a running mate who, no matter what her other strengths, is not prepared to be commander in chief."
Finally, summing up, the paper went for it: "Mr. Obamaapos;s temperament is unlike anything weapos;ve seen on the national stage in many years. He is deliberate but not indecisive; eloquent but a master of substance and detail; preternaturally confident but eager to hear opposing points of view. He has inspired millions of voters of diverse ages and races, no small thing in our often divided and cynical country. We think he is the right man for a perilous moment."
I agree completely.
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