Iowa City Press-Citizen: Obama Has What it Takes to Restore Our Nation’s Integrity
Says Obama is Candidate of Hope and Change we Can Believe in
DES MOINES – Saying Obama has what it takes to restore our nation’s integrity, the Iowa City Press-Citizen Wednesday “enthusiastically” endorsed U.S. Senator Barack Obama for President.
Below are excerpts from the editorial:
Obama stands tall among this already strong group as both the candidate of hope and the candidate of change we can believe in.
Obama is also right that resetting the world's view of the U.S. begins with making our government more transparent. As a senator, he's worked to visibly link members of Congress to their roads to nowhere and to their Iowan rain forests. As president, he will hold large-scale, open discussions on the issues facing Americans in the 21st century: health care, climate change, comprehensive immigration reform, border security, tax policy, education and economic development.
Obama has the right vision for a new national politics and a new global reputation. He now needs voters and supporters who will help him transform that vision into reality. It's a transformation that should have started three years ago. Neither the nation nor the world can wait any longer.
Full editorial below:
Wednesday, December 19, 2007
Obama has what it takes to restore nation's integrity
"After seven years of being lost in the wilderness of oppositional presidential politics, Democrats now seem well positioned to do in 2008 what they failed to do in 2004: Replace a rogue cowboy president with a new president capable of uniting the country and resetting the nation's foreign policy and global reputation. The Press-Citizen Editorial Board thinks Illinois Sen. Barack Obama is the best candidate in a well qualified field of Democrats to make those long overdue changes. We endorse his candidacy enthusiastically..."
