Anchorage Daily News endorses Barack Obama

Obama must suck because too many people like him.

It reminds me of when people say, no one wants to live in the city, it's too crowded.

I'm also ready for it to be over, but I can't agree with the rest. This election has been the best example in my lifetime of how our political process should work.

We've had small dollar donations, rather than huge corporate donations. We've seen lawyers and voters rights activists organizing to make sure people's rights are protected at the polls. Huge turnout even in early voting. Candidates with clear contrasts who have been unafraid to talk about those contrasts. Contested primaries. Technology used in new and interesting ways to organize supporters. Fact checking immediately after debates and posted to major media websites. Focus groups and post-debate snap polls that force the pundits to talk about how real people actually reacted to the debate, rather than pundits manufacturing opinion about "who won". Constant polling from multiple outlets so people know exactly where the race stands. Candidates who are breaking gender and race barriers.

Yeah I don't know... This is the best election ever in this country. It's definitely one for the history books.

I gotcha. But consider this - after getting trounced in 2000 and 2004, Democrats picked up a reputation for nominating wooden candidates who just can't connect with "ordinary Americans" because they try to inspire people with bullet points and policy laundry lists.

So you can't really be too surprised that the dems picked someone who would draw crowds and get people talking and cheering.

Enough. If you want to talk about newspaper endorsements then great. newspectre needs to quit side-tracking topics with his tired disillusionment routine.

Here's what I was responding to:

So your original criticism was about the process. But now you're saying it's not about the process, it's about the candidates.