Obama for president

Anchorage Daily News | Oct. 25, 2008 (Opinion)
Palin's rise captivates us but nation needs a steady hand

On the most important issue of the day, Sen. Obama is a clear choice.

Sen. McCain describes himself as a maverick, by which he seems to mean that he spent 25 years trying unsuccessfully to persuade his own party to follow his bipartisan, centrist lead. Sadly, maverick John McCain didn't show up for the campaign. Instead we have candidate McCain, who embraces the extreme Republican orthodoxy he once resisted and cynically asks Americans to buy for ... Full Story »

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 by Chris Finnie - Oct. 26, 2008

While the piece talks almost as much about the great state of Alaska as it does about the race, it eventually offers a clearly reasoned argument. It is, however, as much an anti-McCain argument as pro-Obama--as many endorsements from traditionally Republican sources have been. Though they understandably mute their objection to their home-state candidate, the argument that she's not ready is clear. I have to figure they should know.

I've made similar arguments about McCain. In fact, the San Francisco Chronicle quoted me as saying, "I respected him in 2004. I don't recognize him in 2008." Actually, I do recognize him. As this article accurately points out, he's become everything he fought against for his whole career in his desperation to win. It is both frightening and pathetic.

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