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Editorial: Hillary Clinton is prudent pick for president
There is little question that the presidential election of 2016 is perhaps the most unusual in our lifetimes.
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The stakes are high. The United States has a debt — let’s call it outstanding loans — totaling nearly $20 trillion. The annual deficit totals an estimated $590 billion, which increases the national debt total each year.
The Middle East is a powder keg, threatening the stability of the world in general. Obamacare is a disappointment at best, a disaster at worst. Multiple Supreme Court appointments are likely to take place during the new president’s term. Racial tensions are spilling over into actions in some communities across the country.
With that much on the line, the prudent vote would go toward the least risky candidate for president. Put another way, the candidate who would have the best chance to implement changes by working with Congress, foreign and domestic leaders and military leaders under normal circumstances as well as during a crisis.
That candidate is Hillary Rodham Clinton. - Omaha World Herald
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The stakes are high. The United States has a debt — let’s call it outstanding loans — totaling nearly $20 trillion. The annual deficit totals an estimated $590 billion, which increases the national debt total each year.
The Middle East is a powder keg, threatening the stability of the world in general. Obamacare is a disappointment at best, a disaster at worst. Multiple Supreme Court appointments are likely to take place during the new president’s term. Racial tensions are spilling over into actions in some communities across the country.
With that much on the line, the prudent vote would go toward the least risky candidate for president. Put another way, the candidate who would have the best chance to implement changes by working with Congress, foreign and domestic leaders and military leaders under normal circumstances as well as during a crisis.
That candidate is Hillary Rodham Clinton. - Omaha World Herald
World-Herald presidential endorsements
1932: Franklin D. Roosevelt, Democrat
1936: Alf Landon, Republican
1940: Wendell Wilkie, Republican
1944: Thomas Dewey, Republican
1948: Thomas Dewey, Republican
1952: Dwight D. Eisenhower, Republican
1956: Dwight D. Eisenhower, Republican
1960: Richard Nixon, Republican
1964: No endorsement
1968: Richard Nixon, Republican
1972: Richard Nixon, Republican
1976: Gerald Ford, Republican
1980: Ronald Reagan, Republican
1984: Ronald Reagan, Republican
1988: George H.W. Bush, Republican
1992: George H.W. Bush, Republican
1996: Bob Dole, Republican
2000: George W. Bush, Republican
2004: George W. Bush, Republican
2008: John McCain, Republican
2012: Mitt Romney, Republican
2016: Hillary Clinton, Democrat
Why is this significant? For a couple of reasons:
1) Because FiveThirtyEight is now showing Nebraska's 2nd district is BLUE and this can only help!
2) Demonstrates how many conservative newspapers are backing Hillary Clinton.
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