Obama Wins!
Because the the bi-monthly newspaper and its Oct 26-Nov 8 issue had to hit the streets, and the newsstands, before the election, the editors decided to make a leap of faith and declare Democrat Barack Obama the winner.
In an article explaining their choice, the editors unabashedly wrote, “When it comes to calling the winner of a presidential election, everyone wants to be first. The New Mexico Sun News hereby claims that achievement.”
In its tongue-in-cheek style, the article went on to note the newspaper has a goal of reaching one million readers with each edition, but prints just 10,000 copies of each of its issues.
So, “each copy must be read by 100 different and distinct people. This places an enormous burden on our intrepid readers. However, it is a burden that we must insist you carry. So, please, read quickly, care for the physical condition of the paper and pass it on to your next chosen reader.”
The liberal leaning alternative newspaper ended by imploring its readers to get out and vote, “even if we did spoil the ending for you.”
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It is unfortunate that the original CNN story didn’t mention the 14 page article that was a compendium of the 38 best editorial page endorsements from all over the United States, and neglected to mention, as we did in the article, that we were justified in saying Obama Wins! because he had just won the Scholastic Magazine election by mostly sixth graders.
These 38 endorsements, plus about 20 more, are posted at mybarackobama.com in my personal blog, listed under Stephen Fox They are also posted in 7 very long articles at opednews.com, and there is an opportunity to comment at will and at length.
This was not a stunt, whatsoever. Our next issue comes out 4 days after the election, and his victory would be old news by then. We are not seers nor fortune tellers, but we are like most Americans Poli Sci wonks, scholars, and Democratic strategists. I personally have been concentrating on making happen the editorial page endorsement avalanche for Obama we are seeing now, and like a gardener, proud to hold up the first fruits of victory.
The comparison with the Chicago Tribune and Dewey is irrelevant. We are proud of endorsing him in this way, to just declare him the winner, which apparently you would have known if you were still in 6th grade.
By making this out to be a “stunt” or a “prank,” the Senior Political Correspondent at CNN dismissed our motivation. Nonetheless, we are glad we did what we did, and certainly not “just to be first.” The endorsements are all at OpEdNews.com and at mybarackobama.com at my blog site: read them in succession, and you will comprehend more clearly our effort and its integrity.
Stephen Fox, Contributing Editor New Mexico Sun News