Clinton vs. Obama
Recently the major news papers released their endorsements of political candidates. I applaud the Des Moines Register for endorsing Senator Clinton. They cited her relative experience in comparison with other candidates, combined with her candor and moderate stance on most issues pushed her over the top. On the other hand, the Boston Globe chose to endorse Senator Obama, a man who has a history of voting only "present" on important issues such as involvement in Iran and abortion, just to name a few. This is a pattern of behavior that goes back all the way to his time in the state senate of Illinois. His lack of a firm stance on these issues as well as his complete disregard for the youth of New Hampshire worries me. His appearances have been localized to very large venues. He only has a single year in Washington to run upon. That will leave him at a great disadvantage, it has been proven in the past when the President comes from outside the beltway. When President Carter was elected he was a beltway outsider, and as such was unable to accomplish much of what was vitally important. The question of Obama vs. Clinton boils down to that simple question, do we want to repeat that mistake or not? I for one do not want to see that experience repeated and as such will be casing my vote to support Senator Clinton in this election.
