The following papers made no endorsements:
The Clarion Ledger
Hattiesburg American
Cincinnati Enquirer
Columbia Daily Tribune
Daily News (Batavia, NY)
Erie Times News
Journal Star (IL)
Wausau Pilot & Review
Times West Virginian
Northeast Mississippi Journal
Detroit News
Medford Mail Tribune
Ashland Daily Tidings
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For Trump:
New ownership or editorship of the Pittsburgh Post-Gazette, which almost always goes Democratic:
Donald Trump is not Churchill, to be sure, but he gets things done. He is not a unifier. He often acts like the president of his base, not the whole country. He has done nothing to lessen our divisions and has, in fact, often deepened them. The convictions and intellect of all Americans should be respected by ALL Americans, especially the president. Has Mr. Trump handled the pandemic perfectly? No. But no one masters a pandemic. And the president was and is right that we must not cower before the disease and we have to keep America open and working. He has not listened well to people who could have helped him. He has not learned government, or shown interest in doing so._____
Ditto The Toledo Blade.
I believe all three of these papers have the same editorial as the Pittsburgh paper.
For Joe Biden:
It is behind a paywall.
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For people who believe that a vote against Trump could lead to some kind of radical left-wing takeover of our nation, we ask you to take a good look at Joe Biden. This is a man whose adult life has been a commitment to public service. He has acted with grace and determination through considerable personal tragedy and challenges. Biden's career as a U.S. Senator was notable for his bipartisanship, with a focus on building productive working relationships with fellow Republicans and Democrats. In the White House as President Barack Obama's vice president, Biden was often the person who would go to Capitol Hill to work out solutions when serious obstacles emerged. He also was integral to the Obama administration's efforts to foster the American economy's rebound from a deep recession inherited from the Bush administration._____
Former Vice President Joe Biden will listen to science and provide clear-cut national guidance on the COVID-19 pandemic. Biden will not peddle misinformation about the novel coronavirus.
Biden has shown he takes the pandemic seriously, putting him ahead of the current president. Biden will, again, listen to scientists when it comes to climate change and environmental policy.
Biden will work to protect and expand the Affordable Care Act, an imperfect bill that nevertheless provides protections for those with pre-existing conditions and is a concrete health care policy — something Trump, despite promises for almost four years, has yet to provide the American people.____
Eau Claire Leader Telegram: Behind paywall.
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Biden is the anti-Trump: long in legislative and foreign policy experience, rooted in working-class values, still connected to hardscrabble places like Scranton and Syracuse decades after he left them, his youthful arrogance tempered by grief. Biden is not without faults and controversy, not uncommon to anyone who has dedicated decades to public service. Still, given the choice between Trump and Biden, we’ll take Biden’s competence and heart for the job any day.
Biden, who will be 78 in a few weeks, has a long list of tasks ahead should he prevail. He must get the coronavirus pandemic under control, kick-start the economy, fix or replace Obamacare, tackle the climate crisis, restore key environmental protections, address systemic racism, repair international alliances and be prepared to meet the next crisis._____
Polls show Democrat and former vice president Joe Biden defeating President Donald Trump, and Republican West Virginia Gov. Jim Justice fending off Democratic Party nominee Ben Salango. In any other era of American history, that would mean something. But this is 2020, and four years of chaos should have everyone casting their ballots, praying to whomever they worship and preparing for anything.
If the projections do hold true, the next four years will be easier for Gov. Justice, with Biden in the White House. At first glance, this makes no sense. Isn’t “Big Jim,” as the president likes to call him, personal buddies with Trump? Gov. Justice switched from Democrat to Republican at a rally with Trump in Huntington. The president’s son, Don Jr., and Big Jim go hunting and fishing together. Shouldn’t West Virginians benefit when the governor — who is also a coal magnate — has a pal in the White House? As it’s turned out, the answer is no, especially when it comes to coal.
Justice, Trump and the West Virginia GOP all have the same problem: You can rail about everything that’s wrong with the system when you’re the outsider. When you’re actually in charge, the tirades are supposed to stop and stuff is supposed to get done.
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Biden has shown the traits a president ought to have. Rather than reduce people to stereotypes and labels, he encourages Americans to come together. He exudes empathy and dignity. While his refusal to get down in the mud with his opponent can frustrate those who wish he’d be tougher, we accept that Biden is smarter than we are about that. He understands that a leader should take the high road, a lost notion, these days.
His understanding of government and people is obvious. His decades of service in the legislative and executive branches of our national government will serve him well as he attempts to rebuild relationships both within our nation and without. Biden is the centrist we need right now.
He offers a progressive vision, but not the pie-in-the-sky wish list of the far left. He understands that fossil fuels cannot be our future but, unlike Hillary Clinton four years ago, has laid out a plan that shows how jobs lost in that sector can be replaced and augmented by jobs building the new energy infrastructure.
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Joe Biden is Trump’s opponent. His almost 50 years of experience in government service — first as a U.S. senator and for eight years as Barack Obama’s vice president — has him uniquely prepared for the presidency. He understands how government works, or at least how it’s supposed to work. He is a moderate Democrat who approaches problems in a civil and measured way. He gives Americans a reason to be believe he can restore confidence in the presidency and the institutions necessary for the federal government to perform its vital functions in a competent, fair and just manner.
Biden has focused on issues most important to Americans, issues such as health care, economic justice and climate change. His values of decency, civility, inclusion, fairness and equality for all closely reflect what America can be and should be.
We endorse Biden’s candidacy and embrace its purpose and ideals. Trump’s time in the White House must end. Biden is the right candidate at the right time to make that happen.
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Where the president has only multiplied our misery, Biden would heal the country and get it going in the right direction.
A U.S. senator for nearly four decades, he has a record of bipartisan collaboration on issues and legislation in the national interest.
As vice president for eight years in the Obama administration, he has extensive experience addressing economic needs, social issues and foreign policy. He oversaw the 2009 Recovery Act that rescued the country from the worst economic collapse since the Great Depression.
The product of a middle-class upbringing, Biden understands the daily challenges of putting food on the table and a little money away in the bank.
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A president’s character should be foremost when deciding who sits in the Oval Office. Biden’s reputation as a U.S. senator and vice president is that of a decent, fair and caring public servant. He lost his first wife and baby daughter in a heartbreaking car accident, and his adult son Beau to brain cancer. He understands suffering and personal pain. He is not a narcissist. Biden is a man of compassion and personal responsibility.
By contrast, Trump repeatedly devalues women by attacking their ethnicities and philosophies. He scoffed at the #MeToo movement, and pleaded with suburban women to “please like me” during a recent rally in Johnstown. He likewise encourages white nationalism with his words and actions, telling far-right militia to “stand back and stand by” for engaging mostly peaceful Black Lives Matter protesters.
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Biden, and vice presidential choice Kamala Harris, face a monumental task, if victorious, in bringing our nation back from the daily chaos and deep divisiveness to which we awake each morning. We cringe as we check our iPhones in fear of the latest, damning, middle-of-the-night tweet from the nation’s chief executive.
It has been said we as a nation are exhausted. Donald J. Trump is single-handedly exhausting America.
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Joe Biden, president. It’s time to end the pettiness and recklessness of the past four years and turn the presidency toward a responsible attitude, stability and broader outreach.This is all.
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Biden is a moderate with a backbone. Even as Bernie Sanders and a wave of young progressives have pulled the Democratic Party left, the septuagenarian has stuck to his pragmatic policy instincts. He resisted pressure to jump on the multi-trillion-dollar Medicare for All bandwagon, instead offering a blueprint for allowing Americans to buy into a public insurance option. As other candidates called for decriminalizing the border and banning fracking, Biden said no.
Still, Biden has outlined bold plans to confront major American challenges. He would strengthen, not undermine, the health-care foundation that is the Affordable Care Act. He respects what immigrants contribute to the national fabric and wants to improve gun-safety laws. He would combat climate change and ramp up renewable energy production. He has urgent, coherent plans to beat back the coronavirus.
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