The presidential election

It's time

Oct 30th 2008
From The Economist print edition 

  

The very prestigious international weekly magazine, The Economist, based in London, has published for over 100 years.  It is a tremendous source of economic, political, cultural, scientific, technological and other types of information. 

  

It is a conservative magazine, but with a truly clear eyed conservative view of the world.  It is a tremendous feather in Obama’s hat to be endorsed by The Economist.   

  

The presidential election

It's time

Oct 30th 2008
From The Economist print edition 

  

America should take a chance and make Barack Obama the next leader of the free world

IT IS impossible to forecast how important any presidency will be. Back in 2000 America stood tall as the undisputed superpower, at peace with a generally admiring world. The main argument was over what to do with the federal government’s huge budget surplus. Nobody foresaw the seismic events of the next eight years. When Americans go to the polls next week the mood will be very different. The United States is unhappy, divided and foundering both at home and abroad. Its self-belief and values are under attack.

For all the shortcomings of the campaign, both John McCain and Barack Obama offer hope of national redemption. Now America has to choose between them. The Economist does not have a vote, but if it did, it would cast it for Mr Obama. We do so wholeheartedly: the Democratic candidate has clearly shown that he offers the better chance of restoring America’s self-confidence. But we acknowledge it is a gamble. Given Mr Obama’s inexperience, the lack of clarity about some of his beliefs and the prospect of a stridently Democratic Congress, voting for him is a risk. Yet it is one America should take, given the steep road ahead.

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