Washington Post endorses Hillary Clinton for president
WASHINGTON - The Washington Post has endorsed Hillary Clinton for president.
In an article posted Thursday morning, the Post says, "Clinton has the potential to be an excellent president of the United States, and we endorse her without hesitation."
ON CLINTON:
"We recognize that many Americans distrust and dislike Ms. Clinton. The negative feelings reflect in part the bitter partisanship of the nation's politics today; in part the dishonest attacks she has been subjected to for decades; and in part her genuine flaws, missteps and weaknesses."
ON TRUMP:
"Republican presidential nominee Donald Trump is dreadful, that is true -- uniquely unqualified as a presidential candidate. If we believed that Ms. Clinton were the lesser of two evils, we might well urge you to vote for her anyway -- that is how strongly we feel about Mr. Trump. But we would also tell you that was our judgment."
WHAT CLINTON WOULD DO:
"Her ambitions are less lofty than we would like when it comes, for example, to reforming unsustainable entitlement programs, and than many in her party would like, in their demand, for example, for free college tuition. But most of her agenda is commendable, and parts may actually be achievable: immigration reform; increased investment in infrastructure, research and education, paid for by higher taxes on the wealthy; sounder family-leave policies; criminal-justice reform. In an era of slowing growth and growing income inequality, these all make sense, as do her support for curbing climate change and for regulating gun ownership."
CLINTON RISK:
"No election is without risk. The biggest worry about a Clinton presidency, in our view, is in the sphere where she does not seem to have learned the right lessons, namely openness and accountability. Her use of a private email server as secretary was a mistake, not a high crime; but her slow, grudging explanations of it worsened the damage and insulted the voters. Her long periods of self-insulation from press questioning during the campaign do not bode well."
TRUMP RISK: