{"id":30143,"date":"2016-01-30T15:02:20","date_gmt":"2016-01-30T19:02:20","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/stateofthenation2012.com\/?p=30143"},"modified":"2016-01-30T15:03:00","modified_gmt":"2016-01-30T19:03:00","slug":"new-york-times-endorses-hillary-clinton","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/stateofthenation2012.com\/?p=30143","title":{"rendered":"New York Times Endorses Hillary Clinton"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><!--more--><\/p>\n<div class=\" story-intro format-s\">\n<figure class=\"art \">\n<div class=\"fig-graphic\"><img decoding=\"async\" title=\"160130-clinton-ap-1160.jpg\" src=\"http:\/\/static2.politico.com\/dims4\/default\/68784df\/2147483647\/resize\/1160x%3E\/quality\/90\/?url=http%3A%2F%2Fstatic.politico.com%2Fd9%2F2e%2Fb2122d254d83aaf9825bbede4c7a%2F160130-clinton-ap-1160.jpg\" alt=\"160130-clinton-ap-1160.jpg\" \/><\/div><figcaption>The New York Times is endorsing Hillary Clinton for the Democratic nomination with \u201cconfidence and enthusiasm.&#8221; | AP Photo <\/figcaption><\/figure>\n<div class=\"summary \">\n<header>\n<h1 class=\" \">The New York Times endorses Clinton, Kasich<\/h1>\n<\/header>\n<footer class=\"meta\">\n<p class=\"byline\">By <span class=\"vcard\"><a class=\"url fn\" href=\"http:\/\/www.politico.com\/staff\/east-kristen\" target=\"_top\" rel=\"author\">Kristen East<\/a><\/span><\/p>\n<\/footer>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<p>The New York Times on Saturday endorsed former secretary of State Hillary Clinton for the 2016 Democratic nomination and Ohio Gov. John Kasich for the Republican nomination.<\/p>\n<p>The editorial board&#8217;s endorsements, published online and to run in Sunday&#8217;s print edition, come two days before the Iowa caucuses on Monday.<\/p>\n<p>Of Clinton, the editorial board <a href=\"http:\/\/www.nytimes.com\/2016\/01\/31\/opinion\/sunday\/hillary-clinton-endorsement.html?action=click&amp;pgtype=Homepage&amp;clickSource=story-heading&amp;module=opinion-c-col-top-region&amp;region=opinion-c-col-top-region&amp;WT.nav=opinion-c-col-top-region\" target=\"_blank\">said<\/a> \u201cvoters have the chance to choose one of the most broadly and deeply qualified presidential candidates in modern history.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>The endorsement \u2014 done so with \u201cconfidence and enthusiasm\u201d \u2014 also mentioned Clinton&#8217;s accomplishments and experience. The Times previously endorsed Clinton twice for the U.S. Senate and also in the 2008 Democratic presidential primary.<\/p>\n<p>The editorial board called Vermont Sen. Bernie Sanders a &#8220;formidable&#8221; opponent, but said that he &#8220;does not have the breadth of experience or policy ideas that Mrs. Clinton offers.&#8221;<\/p>\n<p>Sanders&#8217; health care and economic plans, the Times said, &#8220;aren&#8217;t realistic,&#8221; while Clinton&#8217;s proposals are &#8220;good, and achievable.&#8221;<\/p>\n<p>Former Maryland Gov. Martin O&#8217;Malley, who rounds out the Democratic primary of three, received only the following observance from the Times: &#8220;[O&#8217;Malley] is a personable and reasonable liberal who seems more suited for the jobs he has already had \u2014 governor of Maryland and mayor of Baltimore \u2014 than for president.&#8221;<\/p>\n<p>Meanwhile, the Times called Kasich the \u201c<a href=\"http:\/\/www.nytimes.com\/2016\/01\/31\/opinion\/sunday\/a-chance-to-reset-the-republican-race.html?action=click&amp;pgtype=Homepage&amp;clickSource=story-heading&amp;module=opinion-c-col-top-region&amp;region=opinion-c-col-top-region&amp;WT.nav=opinion-c-col-top-region\" target=\"_blank\">only plausible choice<\/a> for Republicans tired of the extremism and inexperience on display in this race.&#8221;<\/p>\n<p>Kasich quickly responded on social media, tweeting that he was &#8220;proud to have the support&#8221; of The New York Times.<\/p>\n<p>Most of the Republican candidates received sharp criticism from the Times: Donald Trump and Ted Cruz are &#8220;equally objectionable&#8221;; Ben Carson is unable to &#8220;grasp the world&#8221;; and Marco Rubio has &#8220;forgotten&#8221; his New American Century slogan while embracing &#8220;the alarmist views of the front-runners.&#8221;<\/p>\n<p>While praised for his ability to compromise and his views on immigration, Kasich is an underdog, the board noted, cautioning that the governor is &#8220;no moderate,&#8221; citing his past views on unions, abortion, and same-sex marriage.<\/p>\n<p>___<br \/>\n<a href=\"http:\/\/www.politico.com\/story\/2016\/01\/nyt-endorses-clinton-kasich-218444#ixzz3ykvJZHIy\">http:\/\/www.politico.com\/story\/2016\/01\/nyt-endorses-clinton-kasich-218444#ixzz3ykvJZHIy<\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[1],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-30143","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-uncategorized"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/stateofthenation2012.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/30143","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/stateofthenation2012.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/stateofthenation2012.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/stateofthenation2012.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/users\/1"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/stateofthenation2012.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcomments&post=30143"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/stateofthenation2012.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/30143\/revisions"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/stateofthenation2012.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fmedia&parent=30143"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/stateofthenation2012.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcategories&post=30143"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/stateofthenation2012.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Ftags&post=30143"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}