Reason #28 through 22 to VOTE FOR Obama/Biden

I am a full week behind in my reasons to vote for Barack Obama and Joe Biden but today, I will catch up as follows:

Reason #28: Endorsement from The New Yorker:

The longer the campaign goes on, the more the issues of personality and character have reflected badly on McCain. Unless appearances are very deceiving, he is impulsive, impatient, self-dramatizing, erratic, and a compulsive risk-taker. These qualities may have contributed to his usefulness as a “maverick” senator. But in a President they would be a menace.

By contrast, Obama’s transformative message is accompanied by a sense of pragmatic calm. A tropism for unity is an essential part of his character and of his campaign. It is part of what allowed him to overcome a Democratic opponent who entered the race with tremendous advantages. It is what helped him forge a political career relying both on the liberals of Hyde Park and on the political regulars of downtown Chicago….

Reason #27: Endorsement from Esquire:

In truth, though, Senator Obama is the only one of the two candidates who seems to believe in the idea of a political commonwealth, that there are those things — be they the guarantees in the Bill of Rights or mountains in Alaska — that we own together. Barack Obama stands, however inchoately and however diffidently, for the notion that a common purpose is necessary for common problems, that “government,” as it is designed in our founding documents, is our collective responsibility. It is this collective responsibility that built America into a great power without peer in the history of the world. And it is this collective responsibility that has succumbed to nearly thirty years of phony rightist populism, corporate brigandage, and the wildly cheered abandonment of a common American civic purpose.

Reason #26: Endorsement from paper that went Bush in 2004 (CA):

For the first time in 72 years, The Record is endorsing a Democrat for president.

You can read the endorsement here.

Reason #25: Endorsement from paper that went Bush in 2004 (OH):

We believe that Obama’s intellect, caution, levelheadedness and calm demeanor make him better suited to lead a nation that must respond to many unwelcome changes with yet more change. The Repository endorses Sen. Barack Obama for president.

Reason #24: Endorsement from paper that went Bush in 2004 (WI):

Far more than his opponent, Obama represents a new direction. He has shown he can inspire and lead people to action. And his relatively short time in corrupt, self-absorbed, terribly-failed Washington, D.C., may actually be a key strength. Obama is not stuck in the status quo of the Capitol crowd or its long-failed Congress.

Reason #23: Endorsement from paper that went Bush in 2004 (CA):

Obama has the ability to restore America’s confidence and get people excited about working our way back to prosperity. He inspires the younger generation like no political figure since President John F. Kennedy.

Just as importantly, he has the smarts needed to run the country. It’s crucial now to have a president who can take an informed and nuanced approach to the nation’s and world’s increasingly complex and interrelated problems.

We must elect a president who embraces adaptability and resourcefulness.

Obama would give the nation both.

Reason #22: Endorsement from paper that went Bush in 2004 (PA):

[After paragraphs of admonishing the mistakes of McCain, the editors write:]

Obama does not win this by default. He wins The Express-Times’ endorsement because of his platform, because he has demonstrated a cool head in troubled times, because he inspires confidence and because he is conducting an above-board campaign.

The next president isn’t going to be able to deliver on much of anything that requires new spending. He will have to be a deft, recession-fighting strategist, to avoid being this century’s Herbert Hoover. He must end the Iraq war. Obama has the firmer timeline and commitment on this.

And if you want to see more where that came from, Wikipedia and Editor & Publisher (that link is to their most recent chart, which goes through yesterday) are both keeping tallies. I’ve asked for a widget but I might have to teach myself how to make one – it would be popular, don’t you think?
On November 4, vote for Obama/Biden.

Here are the previous reasons:

Reason #57 to VOTE FOR Obama/Biden

Reason #56 to VOTE FOR Obama/Biden

Reason #55 to VOTE FOR Obama/Biden

Reason #54 to VOTE FOR Obama/Biden

Reason #53 to VOTE FOR Obama/Biden

Reason #52 to VOTE FOR Obama/Biden

Reason #51 to VOTE FOR Obama/Biden

Reason #50 to VOTE FOR Obama/Biden

Reason #49 to VOTE FOR Obama/Biden

Reason #48 to VOTE FOR Obama/Biden

Reason #47 to VOTE FOR Obama/Biden