Reply #1: Her candidacy is swirling down the drain. We bid farewell to old-style politics!.

[Divernan]

Out with old! In with the new!

Hey did you see that the Pittsburgh Post-Gazette endorsed Obama this morning? I had it in Latest News but the mods moved it to Editorials. I think it's BOTH!

Anyway, it is the lengthiest, most analytical endorsement I've ever seen in that paper in about 40 years!

Excerpt:
To be sure, Sen. Clinton carries the aspirations of women in particular, but even in this she is something of a throwback, a woman whose identity and public position are indelibly linked to her husband, her own considerable talents notwithstanding. It does not help that the Clinton brand is seen by many in the country as suspect and shifty, bearing the grimy stamp of political calculation counting as much as principle.

Pennsylvania -- this encrusted, change-averse commonwealth where a state liquor monopoly holds on against all reason and where municipal fiefdoms shrink from sensible consolidation -- needs to take a strong look at the new face and the new hope in this race. Because political business-as-usual is more likely to bring the usual disappointment for the Democrats this fall, the Post-Gazette endorses the nomination of Barack Obama, who has brought an excitement and an electricity to American politics not seen since the days of John F. Kennedy.