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DemocratSinceBirth Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Sat Dec-29-07 08:06 PM
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NH: Clinton Scores Concord Monitor Endorsement
The Concord Monitor's Editorial Board has announced that tomorrow it will be endorsing Hillary Clinton (and John McCain) in New Hampshires primaries.

From their press release today:

"Clinton's ambitious to-do list for her first few weeks in office gives us confidence that her priorities are right and that she would act swiftly to make a positive difference. She is the Monitor's choice in the Jan. 8 Democratic primary
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JI7 Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Sat Dec-29-07 08:08 PM
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1. are there any papers that have endorsed a Republican other than McCain
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DemocratSinceBirth Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Sat Dec-29-07 08:09 PM
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2. I Guess They Think He's The Least Demented Of The Rotten Bunch
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NewHampster Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Sat Dec-29-07 08:39 PM
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8. No
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ElizabethDC Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Sat Dec-29-07 08:21 PM
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3. Excellent! Here's a link, and an excerpt:
http://www.yourconcord.com/primaryblog/monitor_endorsements_mccain_clinton

Clinton's ambitious to-do list for her first few weeks in office gives us confidence that her priorities are right and that she would act swiftly to make a positive difference. She is the Monitor's choice in the Jan. 8 Democratic primary.

New Hampshire Democrats and independents are blessed with a strong field of presidential candidates at a time when a change of course is desperately needed. We have been impressed by Joe Biden's pragmatic foreign policy and by John Edwards's insistence that we pay attention to the poorest Americans.

Barack Obama, more than most, has the power to inspire. The positive tone of his campaign is not a gimmick. He is a serious candidate with sober ideas. For reasons symbolic and substantive, he would also be a nominee Democrats could feel proud to vote for.

But Hillary Clinton's unique combination of smarts, experience and toughness makes her the best choice to win the November election and truly get things done.
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Truth2Tell Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Sat Dec-29-07 08:22 PM
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4. Well, I guess that settles it
The all mighty Concord Monitor has spoken. Everyone head on home, the nomination fight is over.
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Lucinda Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Sat Dec-29-07 08:32 PM
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5. Great news. Thanks!
:) K&R
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Azathoth Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Sat Dec-29-07 08:34 PM
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6. Clinton and McCain -- the safe establishment choices n/t
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NewHampster Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Sat Dec-29-07 08:40 PM
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9. But they are known as the Liberal Paper
hmmmm?

and the Keene Sentinel

hmmmm?

See http://www.bluehampshire.com/showDiary.do?diaryId=2860

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SoxFan Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Sun Dec-30-07 08:37 AM
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11. Not any more
The "liberal" tag is residue from their reputation in the 1960s through the early 1980s. For the last quarter century, the Monitor has followed a pattern. Talk a good liberal game, but, in the end, endorse the safe, path of least resistance Establishment Democrat. They went with Gore over Bradley, Shaheen over Fernald. The only outlier was their endorsement of Fernald over Bev Hollingworth, but that said more about Bev's abysmal campaign than anything else.

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bunnies Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Sat Dec-29-07 08:37 PM
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7. Having lived in Concord for several years...
this does not surprise me.
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William769 Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Sun Dec-30-07 07:48 AM
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10. K&R!
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