The rest of the story

An Associated Press dispatch over the weekend brought forth the news that the Anchorage Daily News, Gov. Sarah Palin’s hometown newspaper (or pretty close to it) endorsed Sen. Barack Obama for president. One implication to be drawn is that, omigosh, the McCain-Palin ticket can’t win the endorsement of the largest newspaper in Alaska, the state Palin governs. The paper’s editorial noted Palin’s impact as John McCain’s running mate, “but it does not overwhelm all other judgment” — that McCain is the “wrong  choice for president.” The rest of the story, either omitted by AP or trimmed from the version published in USA Today, is that the Daily News endorsed Democrat John Kerry four years ago — making the newspaper a liberal island in sea of conservatism that basically adores Palin. Nice to know.