01/19/2020 23:11 EST
The New York Times Endorses Elizabeth Warren And Amy Klobuchar
The newspaper shocked with two notable endorsements just weeks before the Iowa caucus, the first Democratic primary vote.
By Carla Herreria, HuffPost US
The New York Times editorial board endorsed both Sens. Elizabeth Warren (Mass.) and Amy Klobuchar (Minn.) in the race for the Democratic presidential primary after interviewing the top nine contenders on issues that are most important to voters in this heated election year.
The Times deemed Warren and Klobuchar the best candidates to take on President Donald Trump later this year.
The boost for the pair of senators comes two weeks before the Feb. 3 caucuses in Iowa, the first state to vote on who they want to elect as president in November.
Over the past year, Warren, former Vice President Joe Biden and Sen. Bernie Sanders of Vermont have topped the polls in the race for the Democratic nomination, with Biden maintaining a slight lead over the other two. Klobuchar has struggled to stay in the pack and has not broken into the top tier of Democratic candidates.
The results of the Iowa caucuses typically, but not always, affect which candidate goes on to win the party’s nomination for president. Candidates who fail to gain a solid number of votes in this caucus often drop out afterward.
In 2016, Hillary Clinton won the Iowa caucuses as the Democratic presidential nominee while Sen. Ted Cruz of Texas topped the ticket for the Republican Party.
This time four years ago, the Times endorsed Clinton in the Democratic primary. She ended up winning the popular vote but lost the election to Trump. The newspaper has endorsed a Democrat in the last eight presidential elections.
Warren called for “big structural change” to government and tackling corruption in business and politics, which the Times pointed out was in line with a “polished script” she’s delivered often, during her interview with the editorial board in early December.
“She famously has ‘a plan for that’ and had a (lengthy) answer for nearly every question,” the board said when it published its transcript of the senator’s interview.
However, the board noted that Warren was “caught off guard” when asked about how to protect American nuclear weapons in Turkey and about the pro-democracy protests in Hong Kong.
Klobuchar drew praise from the Times, who called her a “standard-bearer for the Democratic center,” saying many progressive proposals could have their best chance under her administration.
You can read Warren’s full interview with the Times here and Klobuchar’s here.
https://m.huffingtonpost.ca/entry/new-york-times-endorses-warren-klobuchar_n_5e221f23c5b673621f760144
The New York Times Endorses Elizabeth Warren And Amy Klobuchar
The newspaper shocked with two notable endorsements just weeks before the Iowa caucus, the first Democratic primary vote.
By Carla Herreria, HuffPost US
The New York Times editorial board endorsed both Sens. Elizabeth Warren (Mass.) and Amy Klobuchar (Minn.) in the race for the Democratic presidential primary after interviewing the top nine contenders on issues that are most important to voters in this heated election year.
The Times deemed Warren and Klobuchar the best candidates to take on President Donald Trump later this year.
The boost for the pair of senators comes two weeks before the Feb. 3 caucuses in Iowa, the first state to vote on who they want to elect as president in November.
Over the past year, Warren, former Vice President Joe Biden and Sen. Bernie Sanders of Vermont have topped the polls in the race for the Democratic nomination, with Biden maintaining a slight lead over the other two. Klobuchar has struggled to stay in the pack and has not broken into the top tier of Democratic candidates.
The results of the Iowa caucuses typically, but not always, affect which candidate goes on to win the party’s nomination for president. Candidates who fail to gain a solid number of votes in this caucus often drop out afterward.
In 2016, Hillary Clinton won the Iowa caucuses as the Democratic presidential nominee while Sen. Ted Cruz of Texas topped the ticket for the Republican Party.
This time four years ago, the Times endorsed Clinton in the Democratic primary. She ended up winning the popular vote but lost the election to Trump. The newspaper has endorsed a Democrat in the last eight presidential elections.
Warren called for “big structural change” to government and tackling corruption in business and politics, which the Times pointed out was in line with a “polished script” she’s delivered often, during her interview with the editorial board in early December.
“She famously has ‘a plan for that’ and had a (lengthy) answer for nearly every question,” the board said when it published its transcript of the senator’s interview.
However, the board noted that Warren was “caught off guard” when asked about how to protect American nuclear weapons in Turkey and about the pro-democracy protests in Hong Kong.
Klobuchar drew praise from the Times, who called her a “standard-bearer for the Democratic center,” saying many progressive proposals could have their best chance under her administration.
You can read Warren’s full interview with the Times here and Klobuchar’s here.
https://m.huffingtonpost.ca/entry/new-york-times-endorses-warren-klobuchar_n_5e221f23c5b673621f760144
