Bryan-College Station (Texas) Eagle endorsement: Barack Obama is the better choice for our president

[Newsjock]

Source: Bryan-College Station Eagle

In the past 50 years, The Eagle has never recommended a Democrat for president. We made no recommendations in 1960 and 1964 -- when Texas' own Lyndon B. Johnson was on the Democratic ticket -- nor did we in 1968 -- although we did praise Vice President Hubert H. Humphrey's position on the Vietnam War. We did not in 1976 and 1980. In 1972, The Eagle recommend Richard Nixon, in 1984, Ronald Reagan. We recommended George H.W. Bush in 1988 and 1992 and his son in 2000. We recommended Bob Dole in 1996.

Four years ago, the Editorial Board couldn't recommend George W. Bush for a second term, but we also couldn't recommend Sen. John Kerry either, so we made no choice.

This year is different, in large part because of the very difficult challenges facing this nation after eight years of a failed Bush administration. We are faced with a choice between Sen. John McCain, who claims to be an agent of change but promotes the policies of the past, and Sen. Barack Obama, who also wears the change mantle, but offers a vision for the future, even if he has yet to fully explain how he would carry out that vision if elected president in little more than two weeks.

Every 20 or 30 years or so, a leader comes along who understands that change is necessary if the country is to survive and thrive. Teddy Roosevelt at the turn of the 20th century and his cousin Franklin Roosevelt, John F. Kennedy and Ronald Reagan -- these leaders have inspired us to rise to our better nature, to reach out to be the country we can be and, more important, must be.

Barack Obama is such a leader. He doesn't have all the answers, to be sure, but at least he is asking the right questions. While we would like more specificity on his plans as president, we are confident that he can lead us ever forward, casting aside the doubts and fears of recent years.

Read more: http://www.theeagle.com/editorial/101908-President

[dpbrown]

1. Go, Texas!

Let's take Texas!

[HereSince1628]

2. Obama to get the Aggie vote? Oh my. Who'da thunk?!

Because of the demographics in Bryan I can understand that city going for Obama.

Seeing College Station go blue, well, that's just something I wouldn't have expected (my PHD is from TAMU) in 1989.

[ret5hd]

3. That is hilarious! The reddest of the red goes blue!

[tanyev]

4. Holy Crap!

:spray:

[EFerrari]

22. I know!

:wow:

[jamesatemple]

5. One small Texas impasse is over! For just this occasion.

My oldest son gradutated from the University of Texas while my youngest is a Texas A & M grad. You can imagine the conversations around the dinner table at family get-togethers. Because my alma mater is East Texas State University, I served as a "referee" during contentious discussions.

Then, the fateful day arrived when my beloved school became Texas A & M, Commerce. It delighted my younger son to the dismay of the eldest (and, just a bit to me as well). I certainly didn't let the change affect my position of neutrality. Today, however, with the news provided by the OP, I'm not neutral on this point. If my eldest, a doctor, supports McCain, the score stands two-to-one for Obama! After the Obama victory, I'll put my referee cap back on and watch President Obama go to work. And, I promise not to gloat whenever my eldest son visits...if he ever does again!

[Ishoutandscream2]

17. Fellow ET graduate here

I bet ya'll do have some fun times together. Nothing like being in the middle of an Aggie and a Longhorn going at it.

[jamesatemple]

25. Yep. It does get a little "warm" now and then.

I called a friend, an Aggie grad, with the news. He happened to be coming out of church, surrounded by Christian rethugs, and let out a loud "whoop". He quickly terminated the call. I suspect he had a bit of explaining to do. It'll be interesting to hear the rest of the story tomorrow.

[janethussein]

6. Hell Has Definitely Frozen Over

I lived in College Station for several years and have many friends there. So far, ALL of them are showing their Texan racism and voting for McCain because they could never vote for that black guy. That is why I am SHOCKED to see the Eagle endorse Obama -- but THRILLED !

Texas is going BLUE !!!! :toast: :applause: :applause: :applause:

[Doctor_J]

7. A&M is the most right-wing campus in the US

or top 10 anyway. This is hugh!

[lostnotforgotten]

12. Yes - I Spent Two Miserable Years There - This Is Significant!

eom

[Ishoutandscream2]

18. No question.

They even honored Poppy Bush at the game in College Station yesterday.

[Hope And Change]

8. K & R!

[tbyg52]

9. I might as well just detach my jaw and leave it on the floor.

I'm getting kinda tired of picking it up. ;)

[nichomachus]

10. Keeee-rist on a pogo stick. They compare

Obama to both Roosevelts and JFK. They mentioned the idiot Reagan too, but if that helps sell this to their readers, so be it.

[nichomachus]

11. Current list of endorsements -- Obama 95 (Including this one) McCain 28

Here is the latest chart of dailies which we are about to update for Sunday. As always, we include in brackets who the paper went with in 2004 with B=Bush and K=Kerry.


BARACK OBAMA
94 daily newspapers total
Over 10 million circulation (we are still counting)

ALABAMA

Tuscaloosa News (K):

ARKANSAS
Arkansas Times (K): 34,000

CALIFORNIA
The Argus (Fremont) (K): 26,749
Contra Costa Times (Walnut Creek) (K): 183,086
Daily Breeze (Torrance)
Daily Review (Hayward) (K): 30,704
The Fresno Bee (K): 150,334
La Opinion (Los Angeles) (K): 114,892
Los Angeles Daily News
Los Angeles Times (N/A): 773,884
Marin Independent-Journal (K)
The Modesto Bee (K): 78,001
The Monterey County Herald (K): 28,933
Oakland Tribune (K): 96,535
Pasadena Star-News (B)
The (Stockton) Record (B): 57,486
The Sacramento Bee (K): 288,755
San Bernardino Sun (B): 54,315
San Francisco Chronicle (K): 370,345
San Jose Mercury News (K): 234,772
San Mateo County Times (K): 25,982
Santa Cruz Sentinel (K): 23,290
Tri-Valley Herald (B): 29,759

COLORADO
Cortez Journal (K): 6,700
The Denver Post (B)
The Durango Herald (K): 8,870
Gunnison Country Times (N/A): 4,000
Ouray County Plaindealer (K): 3,000

DISTRICT OF COLUMBIA
The Washington Post (K): 673,180

FLORIDA
Daytona Beach News-Journal
Miami Herald (K):
Naples Daily-News (B)
Orlando Sentinel (K):
Sarasota Herald-Tribune (K)

GEORGIA
Atlanta Journal-Constitution (K)

HAWAII
Honolulu Star-Bulletin (K): 64,305

IDAHO
Idaho Statesman (K):

ILLINOIS
Chicago Tribune (B): 541,663
Chicago Sun-Times (K):
Daily Herald (Arlington) (K)
Rockford Register (K)
Southwest News-Herald (K)

IOWA
The Storm Lake Times (K): 3,200

KENTUCKY
Lexington Herald-Leader (K)

MAINE
Bangor Daily News (K)
Brunswick Times-Record (K)

MASSACHUSETTS
The Boston Globe (K): 350,605
The Standard-Times (New Bedford) (K): 30,306

MICHIGAN
Detroit Free Press (K):
The Muskegon Chronicle (K): 41,114

MISSOURI
Columbia Daily Tribune
Kansas City Star
St. Louis Post-Dispatch (K): 255,057

NEW HAMPSHIRE
Concord Monitor (K)
Nashua Telegraph (K)

NEW MEXICO
Las Cruces Sun-News (B)
Santa Fe New Mexican (K): 25,249

NEVADA
Las Vegas Sun (K)

NEW YORK
Buffalo News (K)
The Daily News (B)
el Diario: 53,856

NORTH CAROLINA
Asheville Citizen-Times (K): 50,160
Durham Herald-Sun
News & Observer (Raleigh) (K)
Wilmington Star-News (K)

OHIO
Akron Beacon-Journal (K):
The (Toledo) Blade (K): 119,901
Dayton Daily News (K): 116,690
The (Canton) Repository (B): 65,789
Springfield News-Sun (K): 24,684
The Plain Dealer (Cleveland)

OREGON
Register-Guard (Eugene) (K):
Mail Tribune (Medford) (K): 30,349
The Oregonian of Portland (K)
Yamhill Valley News-Register

PENNSYLVANIA
The Express-Times (Easton) (B): 44,561
Philadelphia Inquirer (K):
Pittsburgh Post-Gazette (K): 214,374

TENNESSEE
Chattanooga Times (K): 71,716
The Commercial Appeal (Memphis) (K): 146,961
The (Nashville) Tennessean (K): 161,131

TEXAS
Austin American-Statesman (B)
Houston Chronicle (B)
The Lufkin Daily News (K): 12,225

UTAH
The Salt Lake Tribune (B):

VERMONT
Burlington Free Press (K)

VIRGINIA
Falls Church News-Press (K): 30,500

WASHINGTON
The Columbian (B): 44,623
Seattle Post-Intelligencer (K): 129,563
The Seattle Times (K): 220,883
Yakima Herald-Republic (B)

WEST VIRGINIA
The Charleston Gazette (K): 48,061
Huntington Herald-Dispatch (K)

WISCONSIN
The Capital Times (Madison) (K): 16,335
Wisconsin State Journal (Madison) (B): 87,930


JOHN McCAIN
28 newspapers total
About 2.5 million daily circulation (we are tabulating)

CALIFORNIA
Bakersfield Californian (B)
Napa Valley Register: 16,283
The San Francisco Examiner (B): 80,000
San Diego Union-Tribune (B)

COLORADO
Mountain Valley News (Cedaredge): 2,000
The Daily Sentinel (Grand Junction) (B): 31,349
The Pueblo Chieftain (B): 49,169

DISTRICT OF COLUMBIA
The Washington DC Examiner (N/A): 100,073

FLORIDA
Tampa Tribune

MARYLAND
The Baltimore Examiner (N/A): 50,000

MASSACHUSETTS
Boston Herald (B): 182,350
The (Lowell) Sun (B): 44,439

NEW HAMPSHIRE
Foster’s Daily Democrat (B): 22,547
Union Leader (Manchester) (B): 51,782

NEVADA
Las Vegas Review (B)

NEW YORK
New York Post (B): 702,488

OHIO
Columbus Dispatch (B)
The (Findlay) Courier (B): 22,319

TEXAS
Amarillo Globe-News (B): 44,764
Beaumont Monitor
Corpus Christi Caller-Times
Dallas Morning News (B):
San Antonio Express-News
Wharton Journal Spectator
Wichita Falls Times Record

VIRGINIA
The Daily Press (Hampton Roads) (K)

WASHINGTON
(Spokane) Spokesman-Review (B): 89,779

WEST VIRGINIA
Wheeling News-Register (B): 12,821

[TomInTib]

13. The Lufkin Daily News?

Wow.

When I saw that, my hangover flew right out the window.

Words fail me.

I am from Beaumont.

But don't tell anyone, as I need to maintain my Marin mystique.

Tom

[bkkyosemite]

14. My friend is from Texas and very repub...she is also (careful what she says) but prejudice

you cannot even bring up politics with her as she will start ranting so we do not talk it. But for them to endorse Obama is pure unbelievable..wow......

[Gman]

15. No offense to all my Aggie friends but

this is HUGE! A&M is a right wing cult. My Aggie friends that went there all know what I'm talking about. These people, in general and with notable exceptions are batshit crazy. Phil Gramm teaches Economics at A&M. A&M makes Liberty College look like Columbia University. A&M is where the men are men and the sheep are scared. A&M gave "animal husbandry" a new definition.

Ok,... I'll stop!

[Ishoutandscream2]

20. Agreed. The place is a right wing cult

That is a perfect description.

[Aristus]

16. I take back what I said about Texas A&M; Friday, one of my classmates said she had the

opportunity to attend either Texas A&M or the University of Washington, and chose You-Dub. I told her: "Good. The university at Texas A&M is just a life-support system for a football team."

My apologies...

[WatchWhatISay]

19. Very courageous, indeed

This will cost them.

[benny05]

21. OMG the Bastion of Conservatism

The home of TAMU and the GHWB Museum and Library....this is amazing.

[Scooter24]

23. WOW! One of the most highly conservative college's in the US going for Obama??!!?

Not to mention very pro-military.

Glad to see this and I greatly welcome the endorsement!

:woohoo:

[Ozma]

24. IF Texas goes for Obama, I'll eat my shorts!................but

It's fun to have a fantasy here and there!

[zelta gaisma]

26. would you like fries with those shorts?

maybe some catsup?

[Ozma]

27. Fries with catsup! Yeah!