Vermont papers Rutland Herald, Times Argus Back Clinton Over Sanders

[book_worm]

Don't get me wrong I know that Bernie is going to win VT in a landslide and he deserves to as he has been a good Senator for the State:

Two of Vermont's most influential newspapers endorsed Democratic presidential candidate Hillary Clinton on Sunday, delivering a tough blow to hometown hero Bernie Sanders.

The Rutland Herald and the Barre-Montpelier Times Argus, which are owned by the same family and share an editorial board, hailed the "serious and substantive challenge" the Vermont senator has mounted against the former secretary of state, calling his contribution to the debate "of historic importance." The papers credited the insurgent candidate with leading a progressive "awakening" that would continue long after the election is over.

"But outsider status, which Sanders has always enjoyed, does not automatically confer wisdom or ability," they wrote. "As the leader of a movement he has been a great success. As president of all the people, he is not the best choice."

Clinton, the papers argued, is the candidate with the "thorough and realistic understanding" of policy and the "breadth of experience" to implement a progressive vision. And in a "scary" election season featuring Republican frontrunner Donald Trump, they wrote, "The Democrats must be prepared to turn back that threat with the best possible candidate."

http://www.sevendaysvt.com/OffMessage/archives/2016/02/28/media-note-rutland-herald-times-argus-back-clinton-over-sanders

[FarPoint]

1. I'm not surprised...

Howard Dean also endorses Hillary... Hillary is a solid Democrat verses Mr Sanders Independent tenure.

[BeyondGeography]

2. A gracious and realistic appraisal...worth reading

As the leader of a movement he has been a great success. As president of all the people, he is not the best choice. It is argued by frustrated progressives that President Barack Obama was too willing to compromise and so he didn’t achieve all he could have done. But Obama has been president not just of Vermont and Cambridge and Berkeley. He has been president of South Carolina and Kentucky and Alabama. It was never going to be easy, and it is unclear whether a more ideologically extreme approach on his part would have achieved more. As it is, his methods have made him, perhaps, the most effective president since Franklin Roosevelt.

Meanwhile, Clinton’s foreign policy experience is a plus, though not without failures of judgment. We do not need a foreign policy neophyte in office in this dangerous time.

Vermonters are proud of Sanders, proud that people across the land are feeling the Bern. It is thrilling to enlist in a movement, unless one’s better judgment points in a different direction. In this election year, our direction is toward Clinton.


http://www.timesargus.com/article/20160228/OPINION01/160229683