Columbus Dispatch Endorses McCain

In a move that was a pleasant surprise to me, the Columbus Dispatch endorsed Sen. McCain for President. They do so, not for partisan reasons and not for personal political gain. They seemed to approach this decision with this thing called “logic” and “reason”. An often talked about but rarely followed method for editorial boards, the Dispatch made their case pretty simple.

"Nor does it seem likely that a man who has traveled in the left lane of American politics for his entire adult life really is the bipartisan centrist that he claims to be. And with Democrats already in control of the U.S. House and Senate -- and the possibility that they might gain a filibuster-proof majority in the next Senate -- there would be little to check the inevitable excesses of one-party rule if a Democrat wins the White House…

...A return to majority status is likely to unleash pent-up demand to enact a Democratic wish list of new and expensive social programs when the nation can't afford the ones it has. Given his party-line voting record in the Senate, there is no indication that Obama is able or willing to stand against such an onslaught."

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"At a time when the nation faces serious problems, including international economic turmoil, immigration, health care, war in Afghanistan, nation-building in Iraq and foreign-policy challenges from the Middle East, Russia, China, Iran, North Korea and Venezuela, the president should have an extensive resume and long experience in grappling with tough decisions. Few new presidents have faced an assignment as tough as the one facing the winner of the November election."

Read the entire endorsement