The last two points point to the importance of hiring campaign managers with whom you agree on principles, or else, _against_ whom your decisions can prevail. McCain lost when he let his managers make cynical decisions to energize the worst elements of the GOP - elements McCain previously and, in my view, rightly - spurned. He let them lead, and lead they did - to McCain's probable defeat.
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24 Oct 08
George WilliamsThe Editorial Board of the Chicago Tribune endorses Barack Obama
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20 Oct 08
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18 Oct 08
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Clay BurellMore abandonment of the GOP from thinking ("elite"?) conservatives.
The Tribune is a conservative paper. Will Palin lump it in with the NYTimes? Is FOX the only media outfit with any credit from the GOP base? Annotated link http://www.diigo.com/bookmark-
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.
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Add Sticky NoteThe Tribune's decisions then were driven by outrage at inept and corrupt business and political leaders.
We see parallels today.
The Republican Party, the party of limited government, has lost its way. The government ran a $237 billion surplus in 2000, the year before Bush took office -- and recorded a $455 billion deficit in 2008. The Republicans lost control of the U.S. House and Senate in 2006 because, as we said at the time, they gave the nation rampant spending and Capitol Hill corruption. They abandoned their principles. They paid the price.
We might have counted on John McCain to correct his party's course. We like McCain. We endorsed him in the Republican primary in Illinois. In part because of his persuasion and resolve, the U.S. stands to win an unconditional victory in Iraq.
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. He promises a balanced budget by the end of his first term, but his tax cut plan would add an estimated $4.2 trillion in debt over 10 years. He has responded to the economic crisis with an angry, populist message and a misguided, $300 billion proposal to buy up bad mortgages.
McCain failed in his most important executive decision. Give him credit for choosing a female running mate--but he passed up any number of supremely qualified Republican women who could have served. Having called Obama not ready to lead, McCain chose Alaska Gov. Sarah Palin. His campaign has tried to stage-manage Palin's exposure to the public. But it's clear she is not prepared to step in at a moment's notice and serve as president. McCain put his campaign before his country. -
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JR WoodwardFirst time the newspaper endorses a democrat
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Adam GerikThe first time in the 161-year history of the Tribune that it has endorsed a Democrat for president. (via daringfireball.net)
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