It's endorsement season, that mystical time when newspaper editorial boards across the land feel an undying need to 'educate' voters on the pivotal issue of for whom they should cast their ballots. The New Mrs. White goes crazy on this stuff, throwing out endorsements, many times for races where there is no real need.
For example: Do you really think that Republicans need to be told that Attorney General Greg Abbott is the best choice for Governor? Or Democrats that Wendy! Davis is their go-to Gal?
I don't think so. Then there's the question of credibility. In short, I see nothing that qualifies the members of the Editorial Board to tell voters anything regarding who they should vote for. Also, judging from the comments on both of these endorsements, they're not moving the needle anyway.
In short, who gives a crap what a group of J-school grads and other Courtiers think? Republican and Democratic primaries are best decided by the parties themselves. If this means that one party or the other picks a dog of a candidate, so be it.
This is another step in my long-running argument that the Editorial Board is a concept past it's time. A better result would be to shutter them and redeploy the resources in local reporting.
There are plenty of endorsing agencies that voters can go to if they're concerned about such things. They also can do things the old fashioned way: By doing a little research and picking the candidates for themselves.
