The New York Times Editorial Board:

Voters attracted by the force of the Trump personality should pause and take note of the precise qualities he exudes as an audaciously different politician: bluster, savage mockery of those who challenge him, degrading comments about women, mendacity, crude generalizations about nations and religions. Our presidents are role models for generations of our children. Is this the example we want for them?

The entire op-ed is worth a read.

Houston Chronicle Editorial Board:

We could go on with issues, including her plans for sensible gun safety and for combatting terrorism—her policy positions are laid out in detail on her campaign web site—but issues in this election are almost secondary to questions of character and trustworthiness. We reject the “cartoon version” of Hillary Clinton (again to borrow her husband’s phrase) in favor of a presidential candidate who has the temperament, the ability and the experience to lead this nation.

These are unsettling times, even if they’re not the dark, dystopian end times that Trump lays out. They require a steady hand. That’s not Donald Trump.

The New York Times Editorial Board:

Our endorsement is rooted in respect for her intellect, experience, toughness and courage over a career of almost continuous public service, often as the first or only woman in the arena.

Mrs. Clinton’s work has been defined more by incremental successes than by moments of transformational change.

An endorsement for Hillary from The New York Times is not a surprise, but it still matters. We “deserve a grown-up president.”

Although The Cincinnati Enquirer has supported Republicans for president for almost a century, it has to endorse Hillary this time. Enquirer editorial board:

This editorial board has been consistent in its criticism of his policies and temperament beginning with the Republican primary. We’ve condemned his childish insults; offensive remarks to women, Hispanics and African-Americans; and the way he has played on many Americans’ fears and prejudices to further himself politically. Trump brands himself as an outsider untainted by special interests, but we see a man utterly corrupted by self-interest. His narcissistic bid for the presidency is more about making himself great than America. Trump tears our country and many of its people down with his words so that he can build himself up. What else are we left to believe about a man who tells the American public that he alone can fix what ails us?

I am confident that Hillary will do fine in the debate with the help of Tony Schwartz who was Trump’s ghostwriter. On “The Run Up” podcast, Schwartz explains how Hillary could beat Trump by remaining calm and focus.

Jonathan Chait:

If Trump is legitimately as stupid, lazy, and childlike as his advisers portray him to be, they should stop helping him get through the debate and instead warn America not to let him become president.

He’ll bomb the debates for sure.

The Times Editorial Board:

The election of Hillary Clinton as the first female president of the United States would surely be as exhilarating as it is long overdue, a watershed moment in American history after centuries of discrimination against women. But that’s not the chief reason to vote for her. She deserves America’s support because she is the overwhelmingly better candidate. Against a Romney or a McCain, she would almost certainly be our choice. Against Trump? The question answers itself.

No doubt.

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Lindy West makes it clear:

So let’s try again: you’re voting for a president soon. Do you want a graduate of Yale law school who served eight years as a US senator and four as secretary of state? Or a racist landlord who moonlights as a tie salesman?

I know who I will vote for.

The New Yorker’s Adam Davidson writes:

Once Trump is done with his border wall and somehow gets tough on China, it’s not at all clear to anybody—including, clearly, him—how he will deal with the many issues a President confronts.