The News & Observer is North Carolina's second largest newspaper, read throughout the Research Triangle area, and in the (more conservative) eastern parts of the state, all the way to the coast. It is seen around here as a left-leaning paper, though I often question that designation while reading the paper. This endorsement is not a surprise, but it sure felt good waking up to the the headline, "It's Obama".
Today, a little more than two weeks from this critically important Election Day, The News & Observer, with pride and hope, in the belief that Obama is exactly what the nation needs at a time when the hills are steep and the winds against us are stiff, enthusiastically endorses him for president. His time has come. And these times have come to him.
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