Reply #70: quite a coup I'd say [View All]

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to win over 2 arch conservatives and that took no small courage to pull off. Murdoch has changed his mind about global warming as well thanks to his son. Sometimes as these guys get older, they think about their legacy. Here's a good quote about this endorsement:

The newspaper said Mrs. Clinton had experience and that Mr. Obama did not. It disapproved of some of Mr. Obama’s views. But it seemed most impressed by Mrs. Clinton’s decision to visit the paper, despite its longstanding criticism against her. “That is no small matter: Political courage is essential in a president,” the paper wrote. “Clinton has demonstrated it; Obama has not.”
Apparently Mr. Scaife has been reassessing the Clintons for a while. This re-think accompanied his change of heart last year over the war in Iraq, when his editorial page decided President Bush was “delusional” and called for an immediate withdrawal of troops.
Some attribute the billionaire’s 180-degree reversals to a messy divorce. Others say he has an eye on his legacy and wants to atone for the damage he may have done to others, perhaps the Clintons included.

http://thecaucus.blogs.nytimes.com/2008/04/21/scaife-paper-endorses-clinton/