Globe endorses Warren

Boston Globe endorses Warren a year after urging her not to run

The editorial board wrote last year that "Warren missed her moment" in the previous election cycle, and had become a "divisive figure."

By QUINT FORGEY

Massachusetts Sen. Elizabeth Warren’s hometown newspaper, The Boston Globe, endorsed her White House bid on Wednesday — despite urging her to reconsider her candidacy for the 2020 Democratic presidential nomination a little more than a year ago.

The Globe’s editorial board offered praise for several of Warren’s rivals, but concluded that she is the single Democratic contender who “stands out as a leader with the qualifications, the track record, and the tenacity to defend the principles of democracy, bring fairness to an economy that is excluding too many Americans, and advance a progressive agenda.”

The Globe specifically homed in on Warren’s pledge to battle corruption while in office — the central tenet of her campaign — describing her crusade as “a worthy cause” against “a root evil worth going to the mat for.”

Her nimble performances during the primary debates demonstrate that she possesses “the greatest potential among the candidates to lay bare Trump’s weaknesses” during a one-on-one sparring session, the editorial board also argued, and the breadth of her thoroughly researched policy proposals “elevates Warren’s candidacy” above her competitors.

The Globe’s glowing review of Warren’s campaign comes after the paper previously urged her and various other Massachusetts political figures in December 2018 to “think carefully” before entering the 2020 White House race.

Although the Globe had called upon the senator to challenge Hillary Clinton for the 2016 Democratic presidential nomination, the editorial board wrote last year that “Warren missed her moment” in the previous election cycle, and “has become a divisive figure” ill-suited to lead the nation “after the polarizing politics of Donald Trump.”

The Globe acknowledged its about-face Wednesday, conceding that “she has proved us wrong and has shaped the course of the race for the better” since formally announcing her candidacy in February 2019.

“Our senator brings her heart and her head to an election where so much, including the future of our neighborhoods, the justice system, and the planet is at stake,” the editorial board concluded. “On that score, there can be no doubt: Elizabeth Warren will fight for the integrity of our democracy and for our society’s most vulnerable. Massachusetts — and for that matter, South Carolina and other Super Tuesday states — should give her the chance to keep doing it.”