Barack Obama has picked up a series of prominent newspaper endorsements including the Financial Times and the Anchorage Daily News, Alaska’s largest newspaper. The Financial Times applauded Obama’s handling of the financial crisis, saying he displayed a “calm and methodical disposition,” while McCain had offered “hasty half-baked interventions.” The Anchorage Daily News said it was endorsing Obama in part because of McCain’s selection of Alaskan governor Sarah Palin to be his running mate. The paper said, “Few who have worked closely with the governor would argue she is truly ready to assume command of the most important, powerful nation on earth.”