Democratic endorsement editorial: Why Clinton  —  THE REGISTER'S EDITORIAL BOARD  —  A deep, talented field in the Democratic caucus race offers both good and difficult choices.  —  No fewer than three candidates would, by their very identity, usher the nation to the doorstep of history.

Globe endorses McCain, Obama  —  Senators Barack Obama and John McCain have been endorsed by The Boston Globe editorial board ahead of the first-in-the-nation presidential primary on Jan. 8 in New Hampshire.  —  The board wrote that Obama, the Illinois Democrat, fulfills America's need for …

Republican endorsement editorial: Why McCain  —  THE REGISTER'S EDITORIAL BOARD  —  The leading candidates seeking the Republican nomination for president present an intriguing mix of priorities, personalities and life stories.  —  Former New York Mayor Rudy Giuliani inspired the city …

For the Democrats: Barack Obama  —  From the endorsement editorial:  —  The most sobering challenges that face this country — terrorism, climate change, disease pandemics — are global.  America needs a president with an intuitive sense of the wider world, with all its perils and opportunities.

The Road Warrior  —  Even if he loses in Iowa's bigger cities, Edwards can still win by wrapping up smaller, far-flung precincts.  —  Jonathan Torgovnik for Newsweek  —  Conceit or Conviction?  Edwards (in Iowa last week with actor Tim Robbins aboard the candidate's campaign bus) is running hard to pull off a come-from-behind win

Destruction of CIA Tapes Defended  —  The Bush administration has told a federal judge that its 2005 destruction of CIA interrogation videotapes did not violate a court order because the captives in question were being kept in secret prisons at the time, not at the military detention facility at Guantanamo Bay, Cuba.