Hillary Clinton and Marco Rubio won endorsements Saturday from The Des Moines Register, Iowa's most influential newspaper. The editorial board cited the Democratic frontrunner's experience:
As first lady, she worked tirelessly on health care reform and, with bipartisan support, created the Children's Health Insurance Program that provides coverage for 8 million children.As a senator, she reached across party lines and joined forces with conservatives, including Sen. Lindsey Graham and former House Speaker Newt Gingrich, to fight for job creation and universal health care.As secretary of state, she helped secure international sanctions against Iran and redefined her job by expanding America's diplomatic agenda to include poverty, women's rights, the environment and other issues. [The Des Moines Register]
On the Republican side, the paper highlighted Rubio's potential to take his party in a new direction:
It could be the party of opportunity and optimism.It could be the party in which the son of an immigrant bartender and maid could become president.Sen. Marco Rubio has the potential to chart a new direction for the party, and perhaps the nation, with his message of restoring the American dream. We endorse him because he represents his party’s best hope. [The Des Moines Register]
With just over a week left until Iowa's first-in-the-nation caucuses, both Clinton and Rubio trail opponents in the statewide polls.
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