The Economist Endorses Barack Obama

Interesting.

You have to REALLY fuck up as a classical liberal for Barack Obama to win this endorsement. Kudos to a well-run campaign winning the support of the only publication I respect.

My favorite paragraph echoes the argument I gave up about two months ago perfectly:

Ironically, given that he first won over so many independents by speaking his mind, the case for Mr McCain comes down to a piece of artifice: vote for him on the assumption that he does not believe a word of what he has been saying. Once he reaches the White House, runs this argument, he will put Mrs Palin back in her box, throw away his unrealistic tax plan and begin negotiations with the Democratic Congress. That is plausible; but it is a long way from the convincing case that Mr McCain could have made. Had he become president in 2000 instead of Mr Bush, the world might have had fewer problems. But this time it is beset by problems, and Mr McCain has not proved that he knows how to deal with them.