The Des Moines Register has endorsed Mitt Romney for president:
Which candidate could forge the compromises in Congress to achieve these goals? When the question is framed in those terms, Mitt Romney emerges the stronger candidate.
The former governor and business executive has a strong record of achievement in both the private and the public sectors. He was an accomplished governor in a liberal state. He founded and ran a successful business that turned around failing companies. He successfully managed the 2002 Winter Olympics in Salt Lake City.
Romney has made rebuilding the economy his No. 1 campaign priority — and rightly so.
The editorial is very even-handed, broadly favorable to both candidates. The Register endorsed Obama in 2008. It has the largest circulation of any of Iowa’s newspapers.
