A few comments on the Hartford Courant’s endorsement of Democrat presidential nominee Barack Obama: “Today we endorse a second Democrat, Sen. Barack Obama, with the hope that if elected, he governs from the middle as Mr. Clinton did.” Hope must be based on something more firm than pious wishes, and there is no reason to suppose that, on important matters, Obama will govern from the middle. When has Obama ever crossed the liberals in his own party? Answer: never. Just as Republican presidential nominee Sen. John McCain is not President George Bush, so Obama is not former President Bill Clinton. During the primaries, Sen. Hillary Clinton thought she saw some differences between the two, and so did the Courant, which endorsed Mrs. Clinton as the presidential nominee of her party. “Mr. Obama must resist serving only his party's interests and instead serve the greater interests of a worried nation.” Oh? Must he indeed? If the Democrats garner enough seats to establish a veto-proof congr...
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