Primary Endorsement: John McCain
A moderate McCain who transcends party could instill pride and unity in Americans young and old
As a great blizzard swept New Haven, and most of the Northeast, during last year’s spring break, a 70-year-old man was ordering his presidential campaign to rent a snowplow. A blizzard had also hit New Hampshire, where he was planning to campaign the next day.
Dwindling war chest aside, he made the purchase. Nothing, he decided, would get in the way of his straight talk and quick action.
Enough said: The story of John McCain, from the prisons of Vietnam to the blistering heat of the campaign trail, is the story of America — when the going gets tough, tough it out; when the...
How can you endorse two people for president? I understand the bipartisan gesture, but when it comes down to it, can an endorsement really be split down the middle?
They aren't endorsing two people, they are endorsing one person for each major party primary
#2:
This is standard practice for newspapers.
Is it that they are endorsing one person from each major party, or is it that the Republicans on the editorial board are dissenting from the main editorial and endorsing their own preferred candidate? The Harvard Crimson often has dissenting editorial opinions but I I don't think I have seen this as much with the YDN.
#5: We first endorsed one Republican together, and then we endorsed one Democrat together. There were no dissents in this editorial, and Republicans and Democrats on the Board had equal says in both.
Or, more specifically, the entirely Democratic board put in its opinion on the Republican race.
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