Alaska Daily News has published an endorsement of Barack Obama for President. Despite having their governor, Sarah Palin, in as the vice presidential nominee running with McCain, ADN has decided to endorse their adversary, Obama, because of his "eratic" behavior concerning the economy. The paper makes the argument that McCain is equivocal to Bush, an argument Obama has been making for quite a while.
Sen. McCain describes himself as a maverick, by which he seems to mean that he spent 25 years trying unsuccessfully to persuade his own party to follow his bipartisan, centrist lead. Sadly, maverick John McCain didn't show up for the campaign. Instead we have candidate McCain, who embraces the extreme Republican orthodoxy he once resisted and cynically asks Americans to buy for another four years.
When talking about their governor Sarah Palin, the newspaper had this to say.
Yet despite her formidable gifts, few who have worked closely with the governor would argue she is truly ready to assume command of the most important, powerful nation on earth. To step in and juggle the demands of an economic meltdown, two deadly wars and a deteriorating climate crisis would stretch the governor beyond her range. Like picking Sen. McCain for president, putting her one 72-year-old heartbeat from the leadership of the free world is just too risky at this time.
ADN has gone out on a limb in this clearly red state and the implications of its endorsement may not be so dramatic. Voter turnout and the appeal of the Republican Party still strongly favors Sen. McCain.
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