Politics
Obama endorsed by Washington Post
Submitted by SMCDems on Fri 17 Oct 2008 - 01:06am Barack Obama for President
17 October 2008
THE NOMINATING process this year produced two unusually talented and qualified presidential candidates. 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.
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Obama receives endorsement in The New Yorker
Submitted by SMCDems on Fri 3 Oct 2008 - 12:06pm"The Choice" published on Monday 13 October 2008
by: The New Yorker | Editorial (www.newyorker.com)
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