BREAKING: Indy Star Endorses Clinton

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Friday May 02, 2008 · 9:28 AM PDT

2008/05/02 · 09:28

Editorial
Experience makes Clinton better choice in primary
Posted: May 2, 2008

In this extraordinary election year, Indiana's Democratic voters have been presented with an extraordinary opportunity: Choose for their party's presidential nominee between a gifted senator from Illinois who has enthused millions of new voters and an equally talented senator from New York with years of high-level experience.

It's been difficult for voters in other states to decide a clear favorite between Barack Obama and Hillary Clinton. It's also a difficult choice for The Star's Editorial Board, which recently questioned each candidate in person about key issues facing the nation.

Obama offers an attractive vision for the way things could be. He speaks eloquently of hope and change. He connects with voters, many who formerly felt disenfranchised, on a level few political leaders have attained.

Clinton offers a clear-eyed view of the way things are. She offers nuanced positions on how to address the war in Iraq, trade with China and economic expansion. Her depth of knowledge is remarkable.

http://www.indystar.com/...

Now this is going to tick off a lot of people on this site and it is going to bring joy to many others. The question is...do endorsements mean anything in the real world?

Now before you Obama supporters hit your keyboards like lightening to denounce endorsements.....take a look at DKOS every day when the diaries and posts run to the forefront with titles that range from "BREAKING: SO and So Endorses Obama" and the hundreds of responses that follow with "thats great" or "thats fantastic" or "atta-boy".

And before all the supporters of Clinton run like lightening to hit your keyboards with comments like "fantastic" "brilliant" and "great"...remember all the responses to the diaries regarding endorsements of Obama with responses like "endorsements don't matter" "only votes matter" etc.

Have any of you been swayed by endorsements of newspapers, celebrities, analysts or friends? I know that I have been swayed by all. My vote did not necessarily change because of the endorsements, but some of them definitely piqued my interest enough to re-think or re-evaluate my choices. Has this been the case for any of you? Have you changed your mind because of endorsements? Has your selection ever been reinforced by endorsements?

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