Concord (NH) Monitor to endorse Clinton

[NewHampster]

Source: Concord Monitor

Tomorrow's editorial will endorse Hillary Clinton in New Hampshire's Democratic primary. Here is an excerpt:

Clinton's ambitious to-do list for her first few weeks in office gives us confidence that her priorities are right and that she would act swiftly to make a positive difference. She is the Monitor's choice in the Jan. 8 Democratic primary.

New Hampshire Democrats and independents are blessed with a strong field of presidential candidates at a time when a change of course is desperately needed. We have been impressed by Joe Biden's pragmatic foreign policy and by John Edwards's insistence that we pay attention to the poorest Americans.

Barack Obama, more than most, has the power to inspire. The positive tone of his campaign is not a gimmick. He is a serious candidate with sober ideas. For reasons symbolic and substantive, he would also be a nominee Democrats could feel proud to vote for.

But Hillary Clinton's unique combination of smarts, experience and toughness makes her the best choice to win the November election and truly get things done.

emphasis added by NH


Read more: http://www.yourconcord.com/primaryblog/monitor_endorsements_mccain_clinton

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Our single Liberal paper has made a great and well thought out decision.

[David Dunham]

1. Agreed. Go Hillary!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!

[NewHampster]

2. A great endorsement to be sure

Give 'em Hill

[msongs]

3. bummer. shoulda endorsed a progressive instead. oh well nt

[Critters2]

4. Agreed. Shame. nt

[NewHampster]

5. But they did

She is the most progressive except to the blind who can't read her record.

[harmonicon]

7. The Patriot Act is totally awesome!

That was some of the most progressive civil rights removal I'd ever seen! Not like some of these people who would use old stuffy ways to work toward a police state, or, heaven forbid, have us keep our civil liberties!

What a shame that she doesn't have a healthcare plan that would fund experimental treatments for the blind so they could see all these totally awesome and progressive things we've been privileged to see these past few years!

[journalist3072]

9. Exactly!

[harmonicon]

6. Who the hell wrote this thing? It reads like a junior high assignment

for "why I like x candidate". "toughness"? "get things done"? Things? ..... "um... I like Clinton, 'cause she'll like, um. do stuff. The others are really good too, but, um, I like Clinton for all the reasons. - Gitter Done! GO YANKEES!"

[NewHampster]

8. It's an except from tomorrow's editorial

It ain't sposed to reed write.

[journalist3072]

10. So, just how bitter was that pill you swallowed this evening?

[wiley]

11. Thanks.

A non-attack post. It even says nice things about Biden, Obama and Edwards. And I'm still alive. Miracles happen.

[MaineDem]

12. "Hillary Clinton is the Democrats' best choice"

Here's the link to today's editorial.

http://www.concordmonitor.com/apps/pbcs.dll/article?AID=/20071229/OPINION/712300301

As a veteran of her own campaigns and her husband's, and as a favorite target of Republicans, she has become a tough campaigner. Unlike John Kerry, she would not dither when the inevitable attacks came.

There are Democratic voters in New Hampshire and beyond who wish for a little more poetry from the guarded and highly disciplined Clinton. She can, after all, seem a relentless policy wonk, rather than an inspirational leader. But consider this: American men gave up their monopoly on the right to vote and hold public office in 1920. In the intervening 87 years, progress for women has been slow and uneven: A wage gap persists; reproductive freedom is constantly at risk; and in the 21 presidential contests since then, Americans have never even given serious consideration to voting for a woman.

The election of America's first female president will show more than half the population - including millions of young girls - that their futures are not limited by their gender, that America has moved a little closer to its ideals of liberty and justice for all. There is plenty of inspiration in that.

In a talented field, Hillary Clinton has the right experience, the right agenda and the know-how to lead the country back to respect on the world stage and meaningful progress on long-neglected problems.

[NewHampster]

13. cool

:kick:

[Evergreen Emerald]

14. awesome.

I loved what they said about her.