New York Times editorial board endorses Clinton for president

The newspaper described Clinton as “one of the most tenacious politicians of her generation” and said she had displayed a command of policy and diplomatic nuance while building a reputation for grit and bipartisan cooperation.

On Saturday, the New York Times’ editorial board published its endorsement of Hillary Clinton, a persuasive tour de force that sought to paint the Democratic candidate as not just the sane, underwhelming alternative to bewigged Hantavirus Donald Trump, but as a highly capable leader who will firmly guide the country in the direction of sanity.

Trump later deleted the tweet, not because it’s disgusting but so he could correct the spelling of Flowers’ name.

Massachusetts GOP state Rep. Geoff Diehl, co-chairman of Trump’s Bay State campaign, said the response was characteristically Trumpian.

Democratic presidential nominee Hillary Clinton and her Republican rival Donald Trump are in virtual dead heat on the eve of the first presidential debate, a latest opinion poll said today.

It also remains to be seen whether the Commission on Presidential Debates, which organizes the debates, would allow either Cuban or Flowers to sit in the front row. In early September, Clinton led Trump by five points among likely voters and in early August, she led by eight points.

“It’s a really lovely place”, Trump told a crowd of about 6,500 people in Roanoke. At a July campaign stop for Clinton, Cuban called Trump “bats– insane”.

On Friday, the Cincinnati Enquirer-a paper with a century-long track record of endorsing Republican candidates-wrote grudgingly in favor of Clinton, its position staked mostly in relation to the “clear and present danger” it foresees in a Trump presidency.

“A lifetime’s commitment to solving problems in the real world qualifies Hillary Clinton for this job, and the country should put her to work”, the Times said of the former secretary of state and U.S. senator from NY.

That’s according to Trump’s campaign manager, Kellyanne Conway. The Clinton campaign had invited Mark Cuban, a fellow billionaire and Trump rival, to the debate.

“So the safe candidate is the guy who is going to have the scrutiny of the world watching him and I think that should go a long way with people who are undecided who may not be thrilled with the other choice”.

Forty-six per cent of the likely voters are supporting Clinton while 44 per cent backing Trump, the Washington Post said, adding that among registered voters, they are tied at 41 per cent. That’s well within the poll’s 4.5 percentage point margin of error.

Clinton is continuing her debate preparations on Sunday, while both she and Trump are separately meeting with Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu.

It was the latest play in a weird bit of gamesmanship between the Clinton and Trump campaigns over the debate.