Interesting. Maybe Moon or one of our usually silent readers could say if this was expected or not, but since I presume that Western PA should generally be strong for Clinton it's probably notable that its biggest paper is going for Obama. Between this and the endorsements of people like Auditor General Jack Wagner, Jerome Bettis and Mr. Rooney (the Steelers) perhaps Clinton won't do quite as well as she would have otherwise - though of course the value of endorsements is much debated.
Pennsylvania - this encrusted, change-averse commonwealth where a state liquor monopoly holds on against all reason and where municipal fiefdoms shrink from sensible consolidation - needs to take a strong look at the new face and the new hope in this race. Because political business-as-usual is more likely to bring the usual disappointment for the Democrats this fall, the Post-Gazette endorses the nomination of Barack Obama, who has brought an excitement and an electricity to American politics not seen since the days of John F. KennedyPosted by armand at April 16, 2008 10:27 AM | TrackBack | Posted to Media | Politics
i'll say more about this offline, but i know at least one, and probably more members of that editorial board, and based on those acquaintances, i wasn't surprised at all. and i'm glad to see them buck their organized labor readership, and decline to throw in with the raft of democrats-as-usual hillary endorsements in the eastern part of the state, the most alarming of which is mayor michael nutter's. that man's presumed-to-be-erstwhile mayoral campaign resembled, in vision, trajectory, and result obama's more than any other i can think of, and his progressive politics jibe better with obama than with hillary as well. guess that even with a new visionary mayor, it's still politics as usual in that corner of the state.
Posted by: moon at April 16, 2008 12:48 PM | PERMALINK