"After Tuesday’s vote, the Democrats should move quickly to affirm Mr Obama’s nomination - because he is, in fact, the better candidate," states the Financial Times, the most respected international financial daily newspaper (yes even above the Wall Street Journal) in an editorial published today.
Here is a link
www.ft.com/cms/s/0/19c88b7c-0f00-11dd-9646-0000779fd2ac.html?nclick_check=1
Excerpts follow:
Democrats must choose Obama
The Times points include:
- "The Democrats should move quickly to affirm Mr Obama’s nomination .... not just because his lead in elected delegates is already unassailable .... also because he is, in fact, the better candidate."
- "The contenders’ differences on policy look small and in reality are even smaller. As voters understood all along, this has therefore been a contest of character, temperament and (sadly but inevitably) identity."
- "Obama has fought a brilliant campaign .... convincing undecided Democrats as well as the country at large that he was more likeable, more straightforward and more worthy of trust."
- Mrs Clinton’s campaign has been a shambles."
- "The US has the urge to be inspired a little. Electing the country’s first woman president ought to be very inspiring. But not this woman – with her dynastic baggage and knack for antagonising the undecided – running against this man."
"The Democratic party has waited an awfully long time for a politician like Barack Obama. Enough already."