The Columbus Dispatch endorsed George W. Bush in this morning's editorial. Ordinarily this wouldn't be earth shaking news. Yet it is because
although the paper has not endorsed a Democrat since it endorsed Woodrow
Wilson in 1916, a week ago the editor of the Dispatch said the paper's endorsement is a "jump ball." The CEO of the paper, John W. Wolfe has been very critical of Bush, as have the paper's editorials. The Dispatch has criticized the administration for its "borrow-and-spend fiscal policies" as well as the invasion of Iraq. Although the endorsement is tepid, it is an endorsement, and maybe the most important one Bush got in the whole country, given the importance of Ohio's electoral votes. The long editorial endorsement is worth reading.
