First Republican Endorsement in 40 Years

The Des Moines Register, the left-of-center and most influential newspaper in Iowa that endorsed President Barack Obama in 2008, endorsed Mitt Romney on Saturday.  The Register called the Republican the “stronger candidate” who could “forge compromise” to pull America’s economy “out of the doldrums.”

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