Oct. 17 (Bloomberg) -- The New York Times ``enthusiastically'' endorsed Democratic candidate John Kerry for president, saying he has ``the capacity to do far, far better than'' President George W. Bush.
``We look back on the past four years with hearts nearly breaking, both for the lives unnecessarily lost and for the opportunities so casually wasted,'' the Times wrote in an editorial published today. ``Time and again, history invited George W. Bush to play a heroic role, and time and again he chose the wrong course. We believe that with John Kerry as president, the nation will do better.''
Kerry, 60, and Bush, 58, remain deadlocked after three debates, according to a Time Magazine poll. Bush has 48 percent of the vote nationwide and Kerry 46 percent, with a margin of error of 4 percentage points, according to the poll of 865 likely voters done Oct. 14-15.
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