Kerry has insisted that this election ought to be decided on the urgent issues of our moment, the issues that will define American life for the coming half century. That insistence is a measure of his character. He is plainly the better choice. As observers, reporters, and commentators we will hold him to the highest standards of honesty and performance. For now, as citizens, we hope for his victory.

Quite lucid and direct here:

But the challenger has more to offer tha the fact that he is not George W. Bush. In ever crucial area of concern to Americans (th economy, health care, the environment, Socia Security, the judiciary, national security foreign policy, the war in Iraq, the fight agains terrorism), Kerry offers a clear, correctiv alternative to Bush’s curious blend o smugness, radicalism, and demagoguery

Read it.