The Quad City Times has endorsed Mitt Romney for president:
We invested heavily in hope back in 2008.
Our 2012 endorsement of Mitt Romney comes with an imperative for change.
The change that we’d hoped would elevate our economy wound up woefully short. The presidential gambit to place health-care reform ahead of economic recovery jeopardized both. President Barack Obama expended all of the presidential leadership on muscling through health care reform, leaving little for implementation and none for significant economic recovery.
We support many aspects of the president’s health care reform. But so much is left undone because of the president’s inability to win popular support for the reforms. For example, the health care exchanges so critical to implementation are stuck at square one. Nov. 16 is the federal government deadline for establishing exchanges, yet 35 states have balked. Even the president’s home state has ignored the directive.
That’s just one example of flagging leadership on an issue that defines the Obama presidency.
Sadly, others exist.
The editorial continues in that vein. The Times serves northwest Illinois. It endorsed Barack Obama in 2008.
This one comes closest to my objections to my objections to another Obama term — a lack of ability to shift priorities quickly.
Then there are his health and harm issues. I have real concern for him.