The Salt Lake Tribune: Too Many Mitts

The Salt Lake Tribune has endorsed Barack Obama for president. “[A]gainst tough odds, [President Obama] has guided the country through catastrophe and set a course that, while rocky, is pointing toward a brighter day,” writes The Tribune’s editorial board. Mitt Romney, who helped rescue the 2002 Salt Lake City Olympics from scandal, tends to be popular in heavily Mormon, Republican, and business-friendly Utah. However, The Tribune asserts that Romney has attempted to appeal to “vastly diverse audiences with words, any words, they would trade their votes to hear.”

Read at The Salt Lake City Tribune

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