He is plainly the better choice

Another shrill endorsement, this time from The New Yorker magazine. For the first time in its 80-year history, the venerable magazine endorsed a presidential candidate, urging readers to vote for John Kerry in next week's election. Quote:

In the November 1, 2004, issue of The New Yorker, the magazine endorses John Kerry for President. The editors begin with a thorough review of the deficiencies - starting with its questionable legitimacy - of the Bush Administration ... On the candidacy and character of Senator Kerry, they write, 'In every crucial area of concern to Americans, Kerry offers a clear, corrective alternative to Bush's curious blend of smugness, radicalism, and demagoguery.' The editors see in John Kerry's conduct during the vicissitudes of this campaign, as in others earlier in his career, a quality that fits him for leadership: 'In the face of infuriating and scurrilous calumnies, he kept the sort of cool that the thin-skinned and painfully insecure incumbent cannot even feign during the unprogrammed give-and-take of an electoral debate. Kerry's mettle has been tested under fire - the fire of real bullets and the political fire that will surely not abate but, rather, intensify if he is elected - and he has shown himself to be tough, resilient, and possessed of a properly Presidential dose of dignified authority. While Bush has pandered relentlessly to the narrowest urges of his base, Kerry has sought to appeal broadly to the American center....He is plainly the better choice.'

GOP response? This endorsement, along with the myriad other print media endoresments, is concrete evidence that the press has a liberal bias. As this link notes: "The polls may be too close to call, but there's one area in which Democratic challenger Sen. John Kerry seems to be pulling well ahead of President Bush: newspaper endorsements."