New Yorker endorses Kerry

For the first time in its history, The New Yorker has endorsed a presidential candidate, John Kerry, in the Nov. 1 issue. Toward the conclusion of its long and thoughtful editorial, it states:

The damage visited upon America, and upon America’s standing in the world, by the Bush Administration’s reckless mishandling of the public trust will not easily be undone. And for many voters the desire to see the damage arrested is reason enough to vote for John Kerry. But the challenger has more to offer than the fact that he is not George W. Bush. In every crucial area of concern to Americans (the economy, health care, the environment, Social Security, the judiciary, national security, foreign policy, the war in Iraq, the fight against terrorism), Kerry offers a clear, corrective alternative to Bush’s curious blend of smugness, radicalism, and demagoguery.

See http://www.newyorker.com/talk/content/?041101ta_talk_editors for the entire editorial.