Surprise: Florida papers love Johnny Mac
posted at 4:30 pm on January 21, 2008 by Bryan

And why they love him probably won’t surprise you.

[quote]Two Florida newspapers endorsed John McCain for the Republican presidential nomination Sunday, citing his extensive experience in politics and willingness to take unpopular stances…

The Gainesville paper’s endorsement praised McCain’s advocacy of campaign finance reform, refusal to condone torture, opposition to the Bush administration’s tax and support of a carbon cap-and-trade system. The Sun was most laudatory of McCain’s immigration stance. Although the Post disagreed with McCain’s backing the war in Iraq, it gave him credit that “early and often, he criticized the war’s mismanagement.â€