The conservative New York Post endorsed Democratic Sen. Hillary Clinton for re-election on Monday in the latest sign of closeness between the Clintons and the Post's media mogul owner Rupert Murdoch.
In an editorial, the Post praised Clinton as being a "pretty good senator" who was popular with her Senate colleagues, attentive to the needs of the state and a centrist on national security issues. "Surprised? Well, so are we - a little," the Post said of its endorsement.
Clinton is being challenged in the November 7 election by Republican John Spencer but the Post said he "isn't a credible alternative." Clinton holds a big lead in opinion polls. The Post appeared to suggest it wanted to see Clinton stay in the Senate and not run for president in 2008.
"We think she's done such a good job these last six years that she'd do well to serve six more. If not 12," the Post said. "Re-elect Hillary. In 2012." Murdoch's newspaper and television outlets including Fox News cable television were critical of Clinton's first Senate campaign in 2000 and of her husband's 1993-2001 tenure in the White House.
But Murdoch hosted a fund-raiser for Sen. Clinton in July and attended the former president's Clinton's Global Initiative in September, donating $500,000 to the charity and public policy project.
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