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Obama gets US newspaper backing but still cautious
Despite an endorsement from The Washington Post on Thursday, US Democratic presidential nominee Barack Obama remained cautious.
- Agencies
- Published: 08:46 October 17, 2008
- US Democratic presidential nominee Barack Obama is leading in national opinion polls.
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New York: Despite an endorsement from The Washington Post on Thursday, US Democratic presidential nominee Barack Obama remained cautious.
Obama also warned his supporters to guard against overconfidence with just 19 days to go before the US presidential election.
"We are now 19 days not from the end but from the beginning. The amount of work that's going to be involved for the next president will be extraordinary," Obama said in New York.
The latest national opinion polls show him in the lead over Republican rival John McCain.
Late on Thursday, The Washington Post delivered an endorsement of Obama and a rebuke to McCain in an editorial on its website.
The Post, one of America's most respected newspapers, said its endorsement of Obama was "without ambivalence."
"The choice is made easy in part by Mr. McCain's disappointing campaign, above all his irresponsible selection of a running mate who is not ready to be president," the Post editors wrote.
"It is made easy in larger part, though, because of our admiration for Obama and the impressive qualities he has shown during this long race," it said.
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