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Both President Barack Obama and Governor Romney are superbly qualified. Both are graduates of the Harvard University Law School who have distinguished themselves in government, in public service and in private life. Both are devoted husbands and fathers.
Our discussion repeatedly circled back to the nation’s single most important challenge: pulling the economy out of the doldrums, getting more Americans back in the workforce in meaningful jobs with promising futures, and getting the federal government on a track to balance the budget in a bipartisan manner that the country demands.
Source - Des Moines Register
Which candidate could forge the compromises in Congress to achieve these goals? When the question is framed in those terms, Mitt Romney emerges the stronger candidate.
12:27PM EDT October 24. 2012 - President Obama asked The Des Moines Register for its endorsement in an interview that the White House had initially put off the record.
Source
"It was a 'personal call' to the Register's publisher and editor, we were told. The specifics of the conversation could not be shared because it was off-the-record.
"Of course, we immediately lobbied his campaign staff in Des Moines for a formal, on-the-record call. We were told it was not their decision; it came from the White House. We requested that the White House be asked to reverse course so whatever the president shared with us could be reviewed by voters and our readers.
"No reason was given for the unusual condition of keeping it private
• 1964: Lyndon B. Johnson (D) - won
• 1968: Hubert Humphrey (D) - lost
• 1972: Richard Nixon (R) - won
• 1976: Jimmy Carter (D) - won
• 1980: Jimmy Carter (D) - lost
• 1984: Walter Mondale (D) - lost
• 1988: Michael Dukakis (D) - lost
• 1992: Bill Clinton (D) - won
• 1996: Bill Clinton (D) - won
• 2000: Al Gore (D) - lost
• 2004: John Kerry (D) - lost
• 2008: Barack Obama (D) - won
Originally posted by beezzer
Obama was there 28 (count 'em) 28 times!
And his request was denied.
Seems fitting somehow.
Originally posted by MDDoxs
Originally posted by beezzer
Obama was there 28 (count 'em) 28 times!
And his request was denied.
Seems fitting somehow.
Can you elaborate?
There are so many issues cropping up with the Obama campaign, I feel like I am confusing them
Originally posted by Habit4ming
Of course they endorsed Romney. Is there not a link between The Des Moines Register, Romney and Bain Capital?? That link went viral months ago...
Originally posted by YourWIFI
Wouldnt be surprised Koch brothers probably got to them...
Theres been lots of receivers of that dirty money who have become absolute IRRATIONAL FOOLS in their judgment all of a sudden...
edit on 28-10-2012 by YourWIFI because: (no reason given)
Originally posted by Wrabbit2000
I'd noticed this on one of their pages as well. This paper isn't in the habit of endorsing conservatives, it would appear.
• 1964: Lyndon B. Johnson (D) - won
• 1968: Hubert Humphrey (D) - lost
• 1972: Richard Nixon (R) - won
• 1976: Jimmy Carter (D) - won
• 1980: Jimmy Carter (D) - lost
• 1984: Walter Mondale (D) - lost
• 1988: Michael Dukakis (D) - lost
• 1992: Bill Clinton (D) - won
• 1996: Bill Clinton (D) - won
• 2000: Al Gore (D) - lost
• 2004: John Kerry (D) - lost
• 2008: Barack Obama (D) - won
Of course, the last Republican they chose doesn't necessarily say a bunch as an omen ...but it's an interesting history going that far back for pattern. I wonder how seriously people in Iowa treat this?
Originally posted by babybunnies
And the Chicago Tribune yesterday endorsed Obama. Only the second time in the nearly 200 year history of the paper that it has endorsed a Democrat.
Frankly, if a newspaper has to wait until just over a week to make a decision on who to endorse, what's the point?