Daily Star (NY) endorses Obama - represents the best hope to give America a badly needed fresh start

[jefferson_dem]

Obama gets our support

We would have no problem if Hillary Clinton were the Democratic nominee for president. For that matter, we would also have been fine with John Edwards, Joe Biden, Chris Dodd or Bill Richardson.

Clinton has been a fine United States senator, representing New York state actively and well for the past seven years. he is knowledgeable about upstate issues and has been an effective advocate for her adopted state. However, today The Daily Star endorses Illinois Sen. Barack Obama in Tuesday's New York Democratic primary.

For all of the debating, the campaign ads and invective, all of the major Democratic candidates essentially have agreed on the important issues.

These include universal health care, the economy, the war in Iraq, abortion and gay rights.

What earns Mr. Obama our endorsement is the possibility that he will change the dynamic of our entire political system. He is the main reason why there has been such an influx of young people who have voted in various primaries.

An attractive alternative to "Clinton fatigue," Obama's soaring rhetoric has the ability to inspire a new generation to take an active role in government.

We do not discount what an important and long-overdue wonder it would be to elect our first woman president, but the idea of a compassionate black president would send a message around the world that a new day has dawned in America, that things are going to be different from the foreign policy blunders of the Bush administration.

It is a tough choice between Clinton and Obama, but we believe Barack Obama represents the best hope to give America a badly needed fresh start.

http://www.thedailystar.com/opinion/local_story_032034513.html?keyword=topstory

[mandyky]

1. Wow, my hometown paper!

Not sure I agree.