Second Oklahoma Newspaper Endorsement for Clark

TULSA - Calling him the "best qualified to turn America around," the Norman Transcript will announce its endorsement of General Wesley Clark for President in Sunday's edition. The Norman Transcript is the second major Oklahoma newspaper to endorse a candidate in this year's Democratic presidential primary. The first, the Native American Times, endorsed Gen. Clark on Jan. 1.

"Gen. Clark's proposal to turn America around has five, measurable initiatives," the endorsement editorial reads. "They include family income growth, preventing deaths and illnesses caused by a polluted nation, one million more students enrolled in higher education, two million children lifted out of poverty and health insurance for the 30 million Americans who are uninsured."

"He told a Tulsa audience Wednesday that he couldn't stand by and watch the country he fought for unravel before his eyes," the editorial continues. "He believes that Saddam Hussein was a possible threat but the war in Iraq was ill timed and conceived poorly. If elected, his 34 years of military service will strengthen America's resolve to exit Iraq and restore our nation's credibility among world leaders."

"We are thrilled with the Norman Transcript's endorsement of Gen. Clark," said Oklahoma State Director Jessica Vanden Berg. "The Transcript clearly recognizes that Wes Clark will bring a higher standard of leadership to America - leadership that is accountable to the American people, and looks to the next generation, not the next election cycle."