Atlanta Journal-Constitution endorses Barack Obama

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Friday January 18, 2008 · 9:50 PM PST

2008/01/18 · 21:50

Note: I am a campaign blogger for the Obama campaign.

The Atlanta Journal-Constitution, the largest paper in Georgia, has endorsed Barack Obama for President of the United States:

For Democrats, Obama the pick

According to a recent Gallup poll, almost three out of four Americans are dissatisfied with how things are going in our country, with just 24 percent believing we're headed in the right direction. The deep discontent reflected in those numbers have made Democrats optimistic about their party's chances of electing one of their own to the White House in November.

However, the situation represents more than a mere opportunity; it imposes an obligation on the Democratic Party to offer the country a candidate who can inspire the American people, a candidate capable of addressing the many critical challenges, foreign and domestic, that will confront our next president and commander in chief.

At times of crisis, this country has always been blessed with strong, even visionary, leadership. But that has not been true for the last seven years. To the contrary, on almost every front we are suffering the consequences of slapdash, divisive leadership....

Obama... has demonstrated an appeal across many of the lines that have divided America. That is a critically important attribute, because the scale of changes that must be made to correct America's course cannot be accomplished with majorities of 50 percent plus one.

Different moments in history require different types of leaders, and part of the art of picking a president is matching the person to the challenge and to the time. So while both Clinton and Obama would make very good presidents, Obama is the person; this is his time.

UPDATE: There is a remarkable grassroots presence for this campaign in Georgia... On April 14, 2007, 20,000 people showed up in Atlanta for a rally. Watch the video:

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