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Thursday, September 19
This morning's lead editorial in the Chicago Tribune endorses George W. Bush. The editorial says that opposed to the usual weighing of candidates' "views on a mosaic of issues," this year "force vectors we didn't anticipate turn some of our usual priorities -- our pet causes, our own economic interest -- into narcissistic luxuries."