LA Times Endorses Obama

The Los Angeles Times has announced it will endorse Barack Obama in an editorial that will appear in Sunday's paper. The endorsement, which calls Obama "educated and eloquent, sober and exciting, steady and mature" is already available on the paper's website.

This is the LAT's first presidential endorsement since the paper supported Richard Nixon's re-election in 1972. In fact, Obama is the first Democrat ever to receive the LA Times nod for president. (The paper endorsed Obama and McCain in California's February 5th primary.)

The LAT joins the Washington Post, the Boston Globe, and The Toledo Blade -- among others -- in endorsing Obama. McCain's nods include the New York Post, the Boston Herald, and the Manchester Union Leader. Overall, according to Editor & Publisher's tally, Obama has about a 3:1 newspaper endorsement advantage over McCain..

-- Evie Stone

UPDATE: The Chicago Tribune throws its green eyeshade into the ring with its own Obama endorsement -- it's the Trib's first Democratic nod as well. (In Wednesday's debate, Obama described the Tribune as a "Republican-leaning newspaper" in his discussion of the Annenberg Challenge and Bill Ayers; the Trib's president sat on the now-famed Annenberg board with Obama, Ayers, and others.)

2:53 PM ET | 10-17-2008 | permalink

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