The conservative Columbus Dispatch endorses Sherrod Brown for U.S. Senate [View all]

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Sweep! Sherrod Brown has been endorsed by every major newspaper. No mention of how creepy Josh Mandel has been, but, I'm happy.

Terse excerpt:

Brown, 59, has been an accessible and tireless advocate for Ohio, including central Ohio.

Brown has been helpful in improving the road connections around the Rickenbacker Intermodal Facility and in fixing a glitch in the federal health-care overhaul that would have denied Nationwide Children’s Hospital a federal discount on 347 drugs needed to treat seriously ill children. While his opposition to free trade is misguided, he has been a vigorous defender and promoter of Ohio businesses trying to gain a foothold in overseas markets. For example, he went to bat for a Hilliard pipe manufacturer after Mexico tried to exclude the company’s products. Brown also has been part of bipartisan efforts to stop the Asian carp from invading the Great Lakes.

http://www.dispatch.com/content/stories/editorials/2012/10/31/for-u-s--senate.html

The first comment by Mr. Scott:

Somewhere, water is flowing uphill. The Browns are getting ready for the Super Bowl. And Josh Mandel, if he has a shred of sense, is preparing his concession speech. Not that Ohioans shouldn't be doing all in their power to be sure Sherrod Brown is re-elected, but I've been reading this paper for a depressingly long time. And I have never seen the Dispatch endorse a Democrat for federal office. (Did they pick John Glenn over Betts or Perk? Not sure, but I wouldnt bet on it.) I suspect that the discussions at high levels were heated, to say the least -- Mr. Sheller's editorial page often reflects an extreme-right and bitterly partisan worldview that is out of touch with most Dispatch readers. But my hat is off to Mr Wolfe as publisher. Given a clearly superior candidate in Senator Brown opposing a man who really is not qualified to be a US senator, Mr. Wolfe joined other major papers in Ohio and did the right thing. I hope to see more steps towards this being a less extreme and less partisan newspaper.