Not sure what difference it makes, but their argument is solid enough:
In the language of metaphor, Clinton is an essay, solid and reasoned; Obama is a poem, lyric and filled with possibility. Clinton would be a valuable and competent executive, but Obama matches her in substance and adds something that the nation has been missing far too long -- a sense of aspiration.
This article available online at:
http://www.theatlantic.com/daily-dish/archive/2008/02/the-la-times-endorses/220429/
