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Wednesday, October 30, 2002
Why did the NYT endorse Pataki? V2.0 Shmiel chips in with the following:
The Times didn't endorse Pataki because they are balanced or non-partisan, since they are extremely unmistakably (and often enough dishonestly) partisan - at least in section A - and they probably didn't do it to appear non-partisan (they don't seem to recognize their partisanship, so why would they fix it?), but chances are they felt this is a simple way to curry favor with a moderate incumbent when his opponents seem to have little chance anyway.
There's just one problem: As TAPPED pointed out, the NYT endorsed Republican Nancy Johnson for Congress in Connecticut, as well, which is a race that can be said to either have no incumbent or two incumbents(It's a new district and both candidates are currently in the House).
Steven I. Weiss 2:22:00 PM
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