Obama Pens an Op-Ed for NY Daily News

Barack Obama contributed on an Op-Ed for today's Daily News. Much of it reads like a standard Obama stump speech on the economy--albeit if you read it online, now it's a stump speech with classic News headlines shuffled in like "MAC: YOU'RE LYING! BAM: STOP DIVIDING!" Obama does cater parts of the piece directly to the Empire State, saying that his economic plan would mean $3.2 billion in an economic stimulus for NY and that he'd help save 64,000 jobs here alone. While the Post was one of the first daily papers in the nation to come out with an official endorsement (of John McCain), the News has not yet chosen who they will back. The paper did turn a few heads back in 2004 with their endorsement of George W. Bush over John Kerry.

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By Billy Parker in News on October 12, 2008 6:34 PM

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HUGO_MEGO

Obama is the secret muslim. That is why he will lose.

babyhitler

I remember the day the News endorsed Bush over Kerry in 04 and was like WTF? It seemed like they saw the tide turn in favor of the repubs and just sold out. Now they will smell the writing on the wall and endorse Obama but too late.

Snoopy

The News or the Post, which one should I listen to, Twiddle Dee or Twiddle Dum?

Wza

Word.

west side Michael

With the post endorsing McCain the medicare and

the Stupid "6 schools for my B.A." Palin is there no choice but for The Daily News to endorse Obama?

In any event both papers stink as neither takes on

Bloomberg and his grand plan of Manhattan becoming

a segregated city, if yah know wat i mean.