Obama, again - NC Raleigh News Observer endorses President Obama

[flamingdem]

"The case is strong: We believe President Obama has earned another term."


Obama, again

Ever since he electrified the 2004 Democratic National Convention with a keynote speech, Barack Obama of Chicago had been marked as a man who might be destined for the White House. Destiny was fulfilled sooner than expected. The then-Illinois senator, a first-termer, was introduced to the next convention four years later as the nominee after a brutal series of primaries that saw him overcome candidates that included Hillary Clinton, the accomplished first lady who now is his secretary of state.

Now Obama seeks a second term, having weathered some early problems dealing with his own Democrats when they controlled Congress, and then running into a brick wall in a Republican-run House.

Yet despite congressional Republicans who vowed to make their first priority his defeat at all costs, the president has accomplished much in his first term.

Obama’s policies, including his economic stimulus efforts, have helped to reduce unemployment and create jobs, and in many parts of the country (including urban North Carolina) even the housing market is improving. There is hope. If one doesn’t believe it, ask workers in the auto industry, many of whose jobs were saved because of policies backed by the Obama White House.

Contrary to what his most vitriolic critics say, President Obama has much of which to be proud in this first term, and it goes beyond the catch phrase, “The auto industry is alive and Osama bin Laden is dead.”

Harry Truman, and virtually all presidents since, have talked about health care changes. Obama, in a painful fight, managed to go beyond talk, with a reform act that will likely put the vast majority of Americans under health insurance by 2014. Children with pre-existing conditions have been helped already, as have sen

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[WorseBeforeBetter]

1. McClatchy, excellent investigative reporting...

I'm quite pleased with my local paper.

[marions ghost]

4. Yes McClatchy

has made a difference

[WorseBeforeBetter]

7. On a *lesser* note, can't wait to see how my two favorite randy Republicans --

Goldman and Malone -- fare on election day. Thank you, N&O, for some highly entertaining reading.

[John2]

2. This

is a perfect summation of the last four years and I believe trumps all the endorsements so far. The national media needs to take note of this strong endorsement for President Obama. They put the blame where it belongs and it should be on the Republican Congress. This country will be further along towards recovery if they got out if the way instead if throwing red meat to their rightwing of the party which has racial overtones. The extreme part of the Republican Party will not only be bad for the country but would be bad for the entire World if the neocons are returned to power. Their intolerance will not only turn back women's rights which they term small ball but also for religious and minority rights in this country, people fought hard to achieve. The far right extreme party of the Republican Party needs to be rejected on November 6. That is the choice for America.

[flamingdem]

3. Obama has truly been heroic in the face of ridiculous obstacles

Finally we're seeing it stated clearly in this endorsement. The NYT endorsement made a similar case.

[renate]

5. that's great!

Thanks for posting it!

[marions ghost]

6. ....article mentions the 47% of Americans Bomney has no intention to serve....

"Romney, born to privilege, also erred (though he didn’t know it) with secretly recorded comments to a group of donors that 47 percent of Americans were dependent on government and perfectly happy to be so.

That the group included those on Social Security and in the military didn’t seem to occur to him, and he later apologized. But it is fair to wonder if he meant what he said, the first time.

Barack Obama has no trouble relating to the concerns and ambitions of average people, for he came from a modest background. His social programs, his education agenda, his vow to cut middle-class taxes, all point to that understanding."

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