With the Super Tuesday primaries less than 48 hours away, one of the U.S.’ main Spanish-language newspapers endorsed Barack Obama as Democratic presidential candidate. Los Angeles-based La Opinión backed the Illinois senator in a column published yesterday. The editorial reservedly praised fellow frontrunner Hillary Clinton, though the column was more impressed with his rhetoric and message filled with positivity:
“…there are not huge differences between the two Democratic candidates on most of the major issues. Thus, vision makes the difference! Obama offers an inclusive message of hope that addresses our country's historic moment. He has a conciliatory style that can reverse the vicious cycle of rancor which has dominated Washington over these past decades and has paralyzed its ability to come together on major decisions.
We need a leader today that can inspire and unite America again around its greatest possibilities. Barack Obama is the right leader for the time. We know that he is not as well known among our community and while he has the support of Maria Elena Durazo, Senator Gil Cedillo and others he comes to the Latino community with less name recognition. Nevertheless, it is Obama who deserves our support.
La Opinión- which is the largest Spanish language newspaper in the U.S. according to Wikipedia- also endorsed John McCain for the Republican presidential candidate.
Clinton has led comfortably over Obama in several polls of Latino voters in the Super Tuesday states. Nevertheless, both candidates have been aggressively courting the Latino community and nothing is guaranteed until the polls close.
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Sources- Editor & Publisher, La Opinión, Guardian UK, Christian Science Monitor, Wikipedia, USA TODAY
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