Slog - Comments on Steady as the Sun http://slog.thestranger.com/2008/10/steady_as_the_sun The Los Angeles Times, the Chicago Tribune and The Washington Post all praised Obama's handling of the grueling presidential campaign... "The excitement of Obama's early campaign was amplified by that newness," wrote the Times, which hasn't endorsed a presidential candidate since 1972. "But as the presidential race draws to its conclusion, it is Obama's character and temperament that come to the fore. It is his steadiness. His maturity. These are qualities American leadership has sorely lacked for close to a decade." Obama's current strength is not, as many believe, drawn directly from America's current economic weakness. It has more... Copyright 2008 Sat, 18 Oct 2008 09:50:20 -0800 Sat, 18 Oct 2008 13:27:00 -0800 http://www.movabletype.org/?v=3.34 http://blogs.law.harvard.edu/tech/rss Comment by elenchos I've always felt that Obama, whose centrist politics hardly match my own, stood out best in comparison to the undisciplined, poorly-led and disorganized campaigns of Hillary Clinton and John McCain. It's really what he's done during the last two years that shows how qualified he is.

Maybe some think running a presidential campaign isn't much, but if it's so easy, how come his rivals couldn't handle it?

]]> elenchos http://slog.thestranger.com/2008/10/steady_as_the_sun#c1178126 http://slog.thestranger.com/2008/10/steady_as_the_sun#c1178126 2008 Sat, 18 Oct 2008 10:24:50 -0800 Comment by Ryan Would Obama say "a historic" or "an historic"? 'Cuz that could be a dealbreaker for me.

]]> Ryan http://slog.thestranger.com/2008/10/steady_as_the_sun#c1178181 http://slog.thestranger.com/2008/10/steady_as_the_sun#c1178181 2008 Sat, 18 Oct 2008 12:43:57 -0800 Comment by Will in Seattle The last time the LA Times endorsed was in 1972 - even I don't remember that.

And the last time the conservative Chicago paper endorsed a Dem was .... man, that's so long ago I think Sen McCain was hanging out with his zoot suit before the Great Depression.

]]> Will in Seattle http://slog.thestranger.com/2008/10/steady_as_the_sun#c1178196 http://slog.thestranger.com/2008/10/steady_as_the_sun#c1178196 2008 Sat, 18 Oct 2008 13:27:00 -0800