Oakland for Obama!
Looks he's also got the Oakland Tribune, looks like just about all the major CA papers have endorsed Obama. Here's the list: LA Times, SF Chronicle, San Jose Mercury News, Sacramento Bee, Fresno Bee, and Oakland Tribune. Here's what the Tribune had to say:
The Democrats have a quite different, but equally admirable, candidate in Obama. He has emerged as a formidable leader after just a short time as a senator from Illinois. In fact, he is reminiscent of John Kennedy, who was about the same age as Obama when he was elected president in 1960.
Like Kennedy, Obama is intelligent, articulate and inclusive. His message of hope has broad appeal because it is presented in a magnetic manner that is encouraging and avoids ideological bombast.
What Obama lacks in experience is more than compensated for by vision and a charisma that goes far beyond mere popularity and likeability. He has demonstrated class and poise in what has become a sometimes nasty primary season.
Obama represents a new generation that is coming of age politically, with its own experiences and views. It is a generation that was not torn by the divisiveness of the Vietnam War nor the excesses of the Cold War.
The Illinois senator offers the energy of youth along with an eagerness and intelligence to address some of the leading challenges of our time: health care, new sources of energy, economic globalization and saving Social Security for his and later generations.
Obama has a rare combination of youthful optimism and mature sagacity that have made him a national leader and one who would be the best choice for the Democratic presidential nomination.
Has anyone heard from the San Diego Union-Tribune yet?