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Sun Oct 16, 2016, 03:02 AM Oct 2016

Loveland Reporter Herald: Clinton has the resume for the job of president

Throughout its modern history, this newspaper has endorsed Republican candidates for president, but this election year it will not.

Several conservative candidates with the leadership experience, character, aptitude, credentials and ideas to serve this nation well in the White House failed in the primary, and others chose not to run. Of the candidates in all parties who remain in this race, only one can lead this nation for the next four years, and that person is Hillary Clinton.

The failure of the Republican Party to put forth a serious candidate made this endorsement inevitable, considering that in December of last year, this editorial board stepped outside its usual bounds and recommended against a candidate in a primary election. That candidate, Donald Trump, is a man wholly and fundamentally unfit to be the president of the United States.

This is not an endorsement taken lightly, nor is it an easy one to make, as Hillary Clinton does not represent the fiscal conservatism, free-market mind-set and desire to keep restraints on government overreach that this newspaper usually supports.

Read more: http://www.reporterherald.com/opinion/ci_30473534/clinton-has-resume-job-president

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