E&P: On 'Super Sunday,' Kerry Makes Huge Gains (Endorsements)

[Tesibria]

http://www.editorandpublisher.com/eandp/news/article_display.jsp?vnu_content_id=1000683265

Senator John Kerry continued his raid on newspapers that backed President George W. Bush in 2000, grabbing 17 new "flip-flops," as well as The Washington Post. He has now won over at least 28 papers that went for Bush in 2000, while Bush has only earned two Gore papers.
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And more setbacks for Bush: The Detroit News, which has never endorsed a Democrat, and backed Bush in 2000, announced that it would sit out the 2004 election, not happy with either candidate. The New Orleans Times-Picayune, another Bush fan from 2000, said the same thing today in an editorial titled "No One to Champion." A third Bush backer in 2000, the Harrisburg Patriot-News, also declared neutrality today.
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KERRY SWITCHES: Besides those already mentioned, Kerry grabbed 13 other papers from the Bush 2000 column, with the endorsement of the Allentown (Pa.) Morning Call; the Stamford (Ct.) Advocate; the Journal News (White Plains, N.Y.); the Quad City Times in Davenport, Iowa; The Rockford (Ill.) Register-Star, the Contra Costa (Ca.) Times; Iowa City Press-Citizen; Worcester (Ma.) Telegram & Gazette; the Ventura County (Ca.) Star; the Wausau (Wi.) Daily Herald; the Billings (Mt.) Gazette; Walla Walla (Wa.) Union-Bulletin; and the Bangor (Maine) Daily News.

OTHER KERRY PICKUPS: Kerry also gained the backing of the Pittsburgh Post-Gazette and Centre Daily Times in hotly-contested Pennsylvania; the Bergen Record, Newark Star-Ledger, The Times of Trenton and Gloucester County Times in surprisingly close New Jersey; the Toledo Blade in Ohio; the Raleigh News & Observer and Asheville Citizen Times in North Carolina; Newsday, the Rochester Democrat and Chronicle, the Buffalo News and Glens Falls Post-Star in New York; the Des Moines (Iowa) Register; Louisville (Ky.) Courier-Journal; Las Vegas Sun and the Reno Gazette-Journal in Nevada; the Daily Southtown in Illinois; Hampton Roads (Va.)Daily Press; the Nashville Tennesean; Santa Fe New Mexican; The Journal Times in Racine, Wisconsin; the Bismarck (N.D.) Tribune, The Journal Gazette in Fort Wayne, Indiana; the Macon (Ga.) Telegraph; the Waco Tribune-Herald and Lufkin Daily News in Texas; The Coloradan in Ft. Collins; the Decatur (Ala.), Daily; Kennebec (Me.) Journal; The Republican in Mass.; Durango (Colo.) Herald; Lansing State Journal in Michigan; the Portsmouth Herald and Nashua Telegraph in New Hampshire; the Hutchinson News (Kansas.
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PS: If you have links to any of the above endorsements, PLEASE POST THEM AT http://www.democraticunderground.com/discuss/duboard.php?az=show_topic&forum=103&topic_id=80838 so that we can retain our "master list"

Also -- am working to update Endorsement Tally link below (this is a GOOD "problem to have !!!")

[renegade000]

1. kick

:kick:

[UrbScotty]

2. The DETROIT NEWS?!

I can't believe they won't endorse Bush.

[Cha]

3. Yea! The Asheville Citizen Times in

North Carolina! A Blast from the Past! I used to live there in the

'70s..it's soo beautiful! And it turns out their newspaper is Smart!


Thank you for doing this, Tesibria..may you have fun with your "problems"! :)

[TahitiNut]

4. The Rochester Democrat and Chronicle is a big gain.

Western NY is GOP ... and Rottenchester about 60/40 so.

[Erika]

5. The Idaho Statesman Endorses Kerry

It's the biggest newspaper in GOP Idaho!

[Laelth]

6. Wow!

That is surprising. Out of curiosity, did the Statesman endorse Shrub or Gore last time around?

Thanks for sharing the good news.

:dem:

-Laelth

[Erika]

10. Idaho Statesman Endorsed Bush in 2000

This endorsement is shocking.

[amazona]

7. the new orleans times-picayune is toilet paper of the highest caliber

They would not endorse the Democrat were God and mother Mary to come down out of the sky and nominate Jesus Christ himself as the candidate. Then they wonder why they have falling readership in a town where Democrats predominate. I haven't bought their sleazy rag in years although, by necessity to keep up with local events and sales, I'll pick up the free "advertiser" they throw on my lawn.

[Swamp Rat]

8. The Times-Pick- Your-Nose?

... a crappy paper that I haven't bought for years. I just grab the Living section from the old newspaper bins in PJ's et al, so I can do the crossword puzzles. I read Gambit and OffBeat for local events.

[Beetwasher]

9. Has Something Like This Ever Happened Before?

It seems pretty impressive...

[Yo_Mama_Been_Loggin]

11. Several Washington State papers endorsed Kerry today

The Seattle Times, the Everett Herald (published in the town where the USS Abraham Lincoln is based), The Tacoma News Tribune and the Olympian.

[lakemonster11]

12. Don't forget the Walla Walla Union-Bulletin!