'We may have a second Lincoln': McGovern explains endorsement switch
The Mitchell Daily Republic | May 08, 2008
By Seth Tupper
George McGovern has a history of associations with transformative political figures.
He campaigned at the sides of John F. and Robert Kennedy during their respective runs for the White House, and he’s currently writing a book about Abraham Lincoln.
McGovern thinks Barack Obama may be cut from the same historic mold as those men, and that’s one reason McGovern said Wednesday that after eight months of supporting Hillary Clinton for president, he is switching sides.
McGovern even compared Obama to Lincoln, saying he discovered similarities between the two men while doing research for the Lincoln book.
“As I have researched this book and followed the current presidential nomination contest, I have slowly come to believe that, in Barack Obama, we may have a second Lincoln,” McGovern, a Mitchell native and resident, said in an Obama campaign news release.
“With passion and eloquence, he is calling America home to its founding ideals, both at home and abroad.”
