The Journal Sentinel slammed GOP presidential nominee Donald Trump for claiming a rigged election was underway and failing to agree to accept the election outcome should he lose.
But the editorial continued the newspaper's pressure on GOP House Speaker Paul Ryan to withdraw his endorsement from Trump while not making the same demand of GOP WI Governor Scott Walker whose endorsement preceded Ryan's and is now in its 95th day.
Why the double-standard?
Another question: Will the newspaper editorially urge readers not to vote for Trump, or endorse Hillary Clinton?
The paper had said a few years ago that it was getting out of the candidate endorsement business, but reserved the right to get back in if it chose.
Nearly every newspaper nationally making Presidential endorsements has recommended Clinton, including many papers which always side with Republicans.
Even the Journal Sentinel's current parent company's lead paper - - USA Today - - broke with its tradition and urged readers not to vote for Trump.
Whither the Journal Sentinel?
And since I'm raising the question, and if I were in the prediction business, which I'm not, I wouldn't be surprised if the paper went the 'no Trump' route, or offered a tepid endorsement for Clinton 'balanced' by a 'send-Johnson-back' pitch, regardless of Johnson's zero contribution these last six years and the Presidency-Senate gridlock which a Clinton presidency and Johnson Senate seat retention could assure.
But the editorial continued the newspaper's pressure on GOP House Speaker Paul Ryan to withdraw his endorsement from Trump while not making the same demand of GOP WI Governor Scott Walker whose endorsement preceded Ryan's and is now in its 95th day.
Why the double-standard?
Another question: Will the newspaper editorially urge readers not to vote for Trump, or endorse Hillary Clinton?
The paper had said a few years ago that it was getting out of the candidate endorsement business, but reserved the right to get back in if it chose.
Nearly every newspaper nationally making Presidential endorsements has recommended Clinton, including many papers which always side with Republicans.
Even the Journal Sentinel's current parent company's lead paper - - USA Today - - broke with its tradition and urged readers not to vote for Trump.
Whither the Journal Sentinel?
And since I'm raising the question, and if I were in the prediction business, which I'm not, I wouldn't be surprised if the paper went the 'no Trump' route, or offered a tepid endorsement for Clinton 'balanced' by a 'send-Johnson-back' pitch, regardless of Johnson's zero contribution these last six years and the Presidency-Senate gridlock which a Clinton presidency and Johnson Senate seat retention could assure.