NEW YORK Newsday of Melville, N.Y., plans to endorse John Kerry in its Sunday edition, editorial page editor Jim Klurfeld revealed Friday, adding that the decision followed a discussion in which both candidates were found to have serious negatives. This marks the fifth straight presidential election in which the paper has backed a Democrat since returning to endorsements in 1988 after a 16-year hiatus.
"There was a feeling that the case against Bush was very strong. We felt that Bush had split the country further." Klurfeld told E&P Friday. "But the case for Kerry was problematic. His lack of decisiveness, his being too willing to please different political constituencies, were a problem. In the end would he stand up and make the tough decisions or try to split the difference?"
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