Special Report: U.S. presidential election
2008
LOS ANGELES, Oct. 17 (Xinhua) -- The Los Angeles
Times on Friday announced its endorsement of Democrat candidate Senator Barack
Obama for U.S. presidency.
This was the newspaper's first
presidential endorsement since 1972 and the first time the paper has supported a
Democrat.
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U.S. Democratic presidential nominee
Sen. Barack Obama (L) (D-IL) answers a question in his third presidential
debate with Republican presidential nominee Sen. John McCain (C) (R-AZ) at
Hofstra University in Hempstead, New York, October 15, 2008. (Xinhua/AFP
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Former publisher Otis Chandler ended the practice of
endorsing presidential candidates over concerns that the paper was too closely
tied to the Republican party. The last presidential candidate to receive the Los
Angeles Times' endorsement was Richard Nixon during his re-election campaign.
"Obama is educated and eloquent, sober and exciting,
steady and mature. He represents the nation as it is, and as it aspires to be,"
the newspaper commented in its endorsement.
Earlier this year, The Los Angeles Times endorsed
Obama in the Democratic presidential primary and Senator John McCain in the
Republican primary.
The Los Angeles Times is the most
widely circulated newspaper on the U.S. West Coast.
Moment of truth looms for U.S.
presidential race
HEMPSTEAD, the United States, Oct. 15 (Xinhua) -- After several
months of ups and downs, the most-watched U.S. presidential race in recent
history is heading for its finish line.
Once again, the final debate between U.S. presidential candidates
John McCain and Barack Obama Wednesday night at Hofstra University, Hempstead,
N.Y., proved to be another formality rather than a game-changer. Full story
McCain says he is no Bush in final
debate with Obama
HEMPSTEAD, the United States, Oct. 15 (Xinhua) -- U.S.
Republican presidential candidate John McCain shot back Wednesday as his
Democratic opponent Obama tried to liken him to the current president, telling
his rival "I am not President Bush."
"If you want to run against President Bush, you
should have run four years ago. I'm going to give a new direction to this
economy and this country," McCain said at the start of the third presidential
debate at Hofstra University, Hempstead, N.Y. Full story
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