Major Newspapers, Politicians, Endorse Obama

General Colin Powell Endorses Obama for President, Uncomfortable with Romney 

New York Mayor Michael Bloomberg Endorses Obama for President

Read Bloomberg's endorsement here.

Colin Powell. Michael Bloomberg. The editors at The Economist magazine. What do all these three have in common? They are all harbour Republican sympathies, yet they are all endorsing Barack Obama for a second term. 

For Mitt Romney these are dangerously sensible people to be throwing their lot in with Mr Obama, and he doesn’t have anyone on the other side to match them with. The Economist endorsement (courageous, given their readership) is also a terrible sign for Mitt. If the magazine of free-markets and the ‘one per cent’ can’t bring themselves to hold their noses and endorse Mr Romney, who can?

-- Stuttaford, 2012 

New York Times endorses Obama for second term: Read here.

Washington Post endorses Obama for second term: Read here.

Other key newspaper endorsements for Obama include the Tampa Bay Times, the Denver Post, the Cleveland Plain Dealer and the Philadelphia Inquirer. See here for a list of newspaper endorsements for both candidates.


Source

Stuttaford, Andrew. (2012, 2 November). Powell, Bloomberg, & The Economist (endorse Obama). National Review Online. Read here.