FALLS CHURCH, Va., Oct. 7 /PRNewswire-USNewswire/ -- The weekly Falls Church News-Press, widely recognized as the "most progressive newspaper in Virginia," formally endorsed a Democratic sweep in Northern Virginia in its editorial in this week's edition.

The editorial calls for "a clean sweep of Democrats, all supported by this newspaper" in the Nov. 4 election, adding, "We heartily endorse Sen. Barack Obama for president, Gov. Mark Warner for U.S. Senate, and Rep. Jim Moran, Chairman Gerry Connolly and Judy Feder for the U.S. Congress."

"The unprecedented meltdown of the nation's financial system in the last nine months is the final testament to the consequences of the abject immorality and greed that has gripped the nation since 1980," the editorial states. "It stands as one last dire warning, one last call to repent, before a massive disintegration of the global economy condemns modern civilization, itself. The orgy of Republican-led unconscionable deregulation, which maxed out in 2005 when investment banks were sanctioned to lever every $1 to $40 in debt to set the stage for the current decomposition, has brought the globe to the brink of collapse."

The editorial notes that the key to victory for the statewide races of Obama and Warner in Virginia is "right in the prime distribution area of the Falls Church News-Press, including all of the 8th, 10th and 11th Congressional districts and the Mason, Dranesville and Providence districts" of Fairfax County. It adds, "Here, where the overwhelming margins of victory for Gov. Mark Warner, Gov. Tim Kaine and Sen. James Webb were built to provide, statewide, thin margins of victory for all three Democrats this decade."

The Falls Church News-Press, with a weekly circulation of 30,500, is owned and edited by Nicholas F. Benton, who was named "Business Person of the Year" by the Falls Church City Council last spring.

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