Run down of Newspaper Endorsements for President Obama today (Sunday, 10/14)

Lincoln (NE) Star-Journal, endored John McCain in 2008:

Months before the presidential election in 2008, the world’s financial system ground to a standstill — thanks to a system so devoid of regulations and enforcement that banks and financiers no longer trusted each other.

That’s the mess Barack Obama stepped into when he took office in 2008. Obama engineered a turnaround. In the hands of a president less pragmatic, less cool under pressure, it might not have happened.

After his first four years, Obama is a proven leader. He wins the Journal Star’s endorsement for president.

http://journalstar.com/news/opinion/editorial/editorial-obama-best-for-middle-class/article_34cd07d9-1369-58ed-8fa2-b55e99b2591c.html

Winston-Salem (NC) Journal (last endorsed a dem for president in 1964--LBJ):

Americans have a clear choice between two presidential candidates with starkly different ideas for spurring the economy, providing for the health of our people, defending our interests abroad, educating our children and protecting our environment. We believe that President Barack Obama’s progress on these issues merits him a second term in the White House.

Four years ago on this page, we endorsed Republican U.S. Sen. John McCain of Arizona over Obama. We wrote that we were impressed with Obama, but McCain would “bring the Iraq war to a successful conclusion, work to end American dependence on foreign oil, reduce America's output of climate-changing gases and begin the rebuilding of our economy.”

The Democratic president has done all those things and more. He is calm under pressure and courageous in standing up for the rights of all Americans, including the poor, veterans, the elderly, women, gays and immigrants. In contrast, we’ve sometimes found it hard in the last few weeks to tell just what Obama’s challenger, former Massachusetts governor Mitt Romney, really stands for.

http://www2.journalnow.com/news/2012/oct/14/obama-best-choice-president-ar-2689120/

Everett (WA) Herald (Didn't endorse any candidate in 2008):

The Republican nominee, former Gov. Mitt Romney, is enjoying a bump in the polls after an impressive debate performance earlier this month. Romney's political vision, including preserving the Bush tax cuts on the wealthy, rolling back Obamacare, advocating a troubling redo of Medicare, and opening up the West to more resource exploitation, is not consonant with what America needs in 2012. His shape-shifting style -- Romney didn't always disparage global warming and national healthcare -- also makes him a risky, uncertain bet.

In 2012, The Herald Editorial Board recommends that voters re-elect President Barack Obama.

http://www.heraldnet.com/article/20121014/OPINION01/710149937

Sacramento Bee (Sacramento, CA):

Voters often say they want their elected leaders to keep their promises and, at crucial moments, show real political backbone. President Barack Obama deserves a second term largely because he has delivered on both of these fronts.

http://www.sacbee.com/2012/10/14/4907756/barack-obama-for-president.html#storylink=cpy

Boulder (CO) Daily Camera:

Barack Obama has shown cautious, yet steady leadership during the slow emergence from an extraordinary recession. He did so despite the most divisive, obstructionist opposition in memory. We support President Obama for a second term.

http://www.dailycamera.com/editorials/ci_21760510/four-more-years-support-barack-obamas-second-term

Philadelphia (PA) Inquirer:

America doesn't need an Etch A Sketch president whose positions change with the type of audience he's speaking to. It also doesn't need a president who makes foreign-policy speeches suggesting the nation needs to become entangled in even more foreign disputes. Families are tired of seeing their sons and daughters in the armed forces venture into harm's way for causes that no longer seem as important, especially with the nation continuing to struggle to end an economic crisis. If anything, polls show, most Americans think the troops in Afghanistan and elsewhere can't come home soon enough.

BARACK OBAMA is the better candidate in the presidential race. A vote for him is an investment in a strong future, which is why The Inquirer endorses his reelection.

http://www.philly.com/philly/opinion/inquirer/20121014_Inquirer_Editorial__Obama_will_do_a_better_job.html

Las Cruces (NM) Sun-Times:

We believe the country has turned the corner and is heading in the right direction under Obama. Given the intentional vagueness of his proposals and his many reversals on core positions, we're not sure which direction Romney would lead us.

http://www.lcsun-news.com/las_cruces-opinion/ci_21759576/u-s-president-our-choice-barack-obama

IF YOU FIND ANY MORE ENDORSEMENTS FOR THE PRESIDENT IN YOUR CITY OR STATE, PLEASE POST THEM HERE ALSO DRUNKEN IRISHMAN HAS BEEN POSTING NEWSPAPER ENDORSEMENTS FOR OBAMA IN POLITICS 2012 TODAY AS WELL IN SEVERAL OUTSTANDING POSTS.