The publication:&nbsp;The New YorkerThe endorsement:&nbsp;ObamaThe key quote:&nbsp;&quot;The re&euml;lection of Barack Obama is a&nbsp;matter of great urgency. Not only are we in broad agreement with his policy directions; we also see in him what is absent in Mitt Romney &mdash; a first-rate political temperament and a deep sense of fairness and integrity.The context:&nbsp;&quot;If you spell reelection with an umlaut,&quot; one GOP insider&nbsp;tells&nbsp;Politico, &amp;#8220;odds are your endorsement will go for Obama.&amp;#8221;The publication:&nbsp;Reno Gazette-JournalThe endorsement:&nbsp;RomneyThe key quote:&nbsp;&quot;It&nbsp;wasn&amp;#8217;t an easy decision. A recommendation against an incumbent can&amp;#8217;t be taken lightly&amp;#8230; However, while [Obama] had to contend with a Republican Party that was determined to deny him a second term at any cost, Obama cannot avoid the consequences of poor decisions and misplaced priorities.&quot;The context:&nbsp;&quot;Somewhat offsetting the&nbsp;pro-Romney&nbsp;votes of the&nbsp;Gazette-Journal&nbsp;and the&nbsp;Las Vegas Review-Journal,&amp;#8221;&nbsp;says&nbsp;The Associated Press, the&nbsp;Las Vegas Sun&nbsp;has endorsed Obama for president, &amp;#8220;taking a different direction than Nevada&amp;#8217;s two other largest newspapers&amp;#8221; in this swing state.
The publication:&nbsp;Cleveland Plain-DealerThe endorsement:&nbsp;ObamaThe key quote:&nbsp;&quot;Four years ago, this newspaper&amp;#8217;s editorial board enthusiastically endorsed Barack Obama&amp;#8230; our endorsement this year&nbsp;comes with less enthusiasm&nbsp;or optimism. Obama has changed &mdash; and it&amp;#8217;s more than gray hair. The unifier of 2008 now engages in relentless attacks on his Republican challenger, former Massachusetts Gov. Mitt Romney. The big dreamer of 2008 offers little in the way of a second-term agenda. There is a world-weariness unseen four years ago.&quot;The context:&nbsp;Obama won the backing of two of the three most important newspapers in this critical swing state,&nbsp;says Leigh Ann Caldwell at&nbsp;CBS News, but both &mdash; the&nbsp;Plain-Dealer&nbsp;and the&nbsp;Akron Beacon Journal, &amp;#8220;offered less-than-ringing support.&amp;#8221;
8 major news outlets&amp;#8217; presidential endorsements