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Bloomberg Endorses Obama

In the after-math of the Hurricane, and only days before the election, Mayor Bloomberg formally endorsed President Obama for the first time. Though some media outlets, including the Washington Post, have questioned whether or no Obama deserves the endorsement, we'll have to wait until election day to see if the endorsement (and Obama's overall response to the Hurricane) helped win any votes. Bloomberg released the following statement in line with his endorsement:

“When I step into the voting booth, I think about the world I want to leave my two daughters, and the values that are required to guide us there. The two parties’ nominees for president offer different visions of where they want to lead America. One believes a woman’s right to choose should be protected for future generations; one does not. That difference, given the likelihood of Supreme Court vacancies, weighs heavily on my decision. One recognizes marriage equality as consistent with America’s march of freedom; one does not. I want our president to be on the right side of history. One sees climate change as an urgent problem that threatens our planet; one does not. I want our president to place scientific evidence and risk management above electoral politics.”

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