This endorsement makes some history for the Chicago Tribune. This is the first time the newspaper has endorsed the Democratic Party's nominee for president.
In Chicago, this is a very big deal. No one would have expected the Tribune to break with its history of endorsing Republican presidential candidates, even with a the new owner, Sam Zell.
The Tribune in its earliest days took up the abolition of slavery and linked itself to a powerful force for that cause--the Republican Party. The Tribune's first great leader, Joseph Medill, was a founder of the GOP. The editorial page has been a proponent of conservative principles. It believes that government has to serve people honestly and efficiently.To highlight the paper's reasoning:
The Republican Party, the party of limited government, has lost its way....
We might have counted on John McCain to correct his party's course....
It is, though, hard to figure John McCain these days. He argued that President Bush's tax cuts were fiscally irresponsible, but he now supports them....
McCain failed in his most important executive decision.... Having called Obama not ready to lead, McCain chose Alaska Gov. Sarah Palin....
We do, though, think Obama would govern as much more of a pragmatic centrist than many people expect.
And to end the endorsement:
It may have seemed audacious for Obama to start his campaign in Springfield, invoking Lincoln. We think, given the opportunity to hold this nation's most powerful office, he will prove it wasn't so audacious after all. We are proud to add Barack Obama's name to Lincoln's in the list of people the Tribune has endorsed for president of the United States.
i still have hope...
oh, and the Chicago Sun-Times endorsed Senator Obama also. We would not be surprised about this in the city:
read both editorials. just click on the headline links...
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