An Endorsement is an Endorsement is an Endorsement

Well, with the brilliance of the internet, it has been made known that The Anchorage Daily News endorsed Obama for President on the 25th. Now for most Americans, endorsement do not dictate their votes, and really any endorsement should be taken with a grain of salt. But the significance in terms of atsmosphere which endorsement can create cannot be over stated. One such case was the craze following the endorsement of Obama by Colin Powell (which can be evidenced here or here or here or here or...well you get the picture) which showed how the endorsement of a candidate can, if nothing else, prompt much free publicity in a generally positivity light.

Now the endorsement by The Anchorage Daily shows that at the very least there isn't unanimous support for Gov. Palin and on the contrary of the much publicized 80% rating has recently taken a dive as early as the beginning of this month. The endorsement shows a clear resolution by the newspaper which will be back to reporting to Gov. Palin as governor after her stint as the Veep candidate is over. The paper asserts such ideas that Obama "brings far more promise to the office" and Gov. Palin. The point is also raised that to find which candidates are or are not going to bring change one needs to

look no further than the guilt-by-association lies and sound-bite distortions of the degenerating McCain campaign to see how readily he embraces the divisive, fear-mongering tactics of Karl Rove.

When you are trying to figure out who to vote for, the one consideration which must be an overriding influence is what you believe and think is best. But take account for why these people and respectable media groups make endorsements, so you can at least educate yourself, if not on the side you wish to vote, at least the reasons others are not voting the same way as you are.

Just remember "Like picking Sen. McCain for president, putting [Palin] one 72-year-old heartbeat from the leadership of the free world is just too risky at this time."