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Seems Kerry is garnering alot of converts that went for Bush in 2000.
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NEW YORK Sen. John Kerry continued his raid on newspapers that backed President Bush in 2000, grabbing 22 new "flip-flops," plus The Washington Post, which was a major supporter of the war in Iraq. The Democrat has now won endorsements from at least 33 papers that went for Bush in 2000, while Bush has earned only two Gore papers.
However, Bush got a prize in the key state of Ohio, The Columbus Dispatch.
Kerry now leads Bush 122-69 in endorsements in E&P's exclusive tally, and he leads by about 14.9 million to 8.9 million in the circulation of backing papers.
And more setbacks for Bush: The Detroit News, which has never endorsed a Democrat, and which backed Bush in 2000, announced that it would sit out the 2004 election, not happy with either candidate. The Times-Picayune in New Orleans, another Bush backer in 2000, said the same thing today in an editorial titled "No One to Champion." A third Bush supporter in 2000, The Patriot-News in Harrisburg, Pa., also declared neutrality today.
In gaining the Orlando Sentinel (one of the switches from Bush), Kerry completed a sweep of major papers in a top swing state, Florida.
The Chicago Sun-Times, the Los Angeles Daily News, and The Commercial-Appeal in Memphis, Tenn., were among the 17 papers that backed Bush in 2000 but today chose Kerry.
For his part, Bush gained the key Columbus, Ohio, paper. In its editorial, the Dispatch said it was "less than enthused about the choices." It said it was troubled by Bush's fiscal policies and the war in Iraq but said that neither Kerry's Senate record nor "his shifting positions during the presidential campaign inspire confidence that he would provide the strong, resolute leadership America desperately needs."
Bush also picked up the Houston Chronicle and Denver Post, the latter in a switch from Gore in 2000. William Dean Singleton, now the publisher of that paper, is known as a strong Bush supporter. His MediaNews Group also owns the Daily News in Los Angeles, which Singleton allowed to go for Kerry.
KERRY SWITCHES: In addition to those already mentioned, Kerry today 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 Times and the Santa Cruz Sentinel in California; Iowa City Press-Citizen; Worcester (Ma.) Telegram & Gazette; the Flint (Mich.) Journal; the Star-Gazette in Elmira, N.Y.; the Ventura County (Ca.) Star; the Tri-City Herald (Kennewick) and The Sun (Bremerton) in Washington; the Wausau (Wi.) Daily Herald; the Billings (Mt.) Gazette; Walla Walla (Wa.) Union-Bulletin; and the Bangor (Maine) Daily News.
OTHER KERRY PICKUPS: Today Kerry also gained the backing of the Pittsburgh Post-Gazette and Centre Daily Times in hotly contested Pennsylvania; The Record in Bergen County, The Star-Ledger in Newark, The Times in Trenton, the Courier-Journal and Gloucester County Times in 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 Idaho Statesman; the Norwich (Ct.) Bulletin; Everett (Wa.) Herald; 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; Springfield News in Oregon; 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; and the Hutchinson News (Kansas).
BUSH BACKING: Bush, however, retained the Austin American-Statesman and Houston Chronicle in his home Texas; the Cincinnati Enquirer and Cincinnati Post; the Hartford (Ct.) Courant; Long Beach (Ca.) Press-Telegram; Arkansas Democrat-Gazette; the Chronicle of Centralia, Wash.; the Express-Times of Easton, Pa.; Bowling Green (Oh.) Daily News; The Ledger of Lakeland, Fla.; the Enterprise-Record of Mocksville, N.C.; the Daily News-Record in Harrisonburg, Va.; and the Fargo (N.D.) Forum.
The Daily News in New York appeared to endorse Kerry today but it was hard to tell: The paper did nothing but bash Bush for several paragraphs without once mentioning his opponent's name.
Meanwhile, E&P has learned from several sources at the Plain Dealer in Cleveland that the paper's nine-person editorial board decided earlier this week that it wanted to endorse Kerry, but Publisher Alex Machaskee, who has final say, has decided on Bush. The paper backed Bush in 2000.
This has caused consternation in some quarters at the Plain Dealer, with sources telling E&P that the endorsement editorial, which was expected to run Sunday, was put off. One editor told E&P that some at the paper at pushing for, at least, a dissenting pro-Kerry column.
Special thanks to Teresa LaLoggia and dozens of others for sending along the latest endorsements.
Here is our updated chart, state by state. You will find many circulation numbers and an indication of who the paper backed in 2000, Bush or Gore (if we know it). However, for papers that endorsed this weekend, we have not yet entered circulation figures. This will be done Monday.
JOHN KERRY
ALABAMA The Anniston Star (G): 26,527 Decatur Daily (G)
ARIZONA Arizona Daily Star (Tucson) (G): 109,592
CALIFORNIA San Francisco Chronicle (G): 501,135 The Sacramento Bee (G): 303,841 San Jose Mercury News (G): 279,539 The Fresno Bee (G): 166,531 The Press Democrat (Santa Rosa) (G): 89,384 The Modesto Bee (G): 87,366 Merced Sun-Star: 17,247 Los Angeles Daily News (B) Contra Costa Times (B) Ventura County Star (B) Santa Cruz Sentinel (B)
COLORADO Daily Camera (Boulder) (B): 33,419 The Coloradoan (Ft. Collins) Durango Herald
CONNECTICUT The Day (New London) (B): 39,553 Stamford Advocate (B)
DISTRICT OF COLUMBIA The Washington Post
FLORIDA St. Petersburg Times (G): 358,502 The Miami Herald (G): 325,032 South Florida Sun-Sentinel (Ft. Lauderdale) (G): 268,927 The Palm Beach Post (G): 181,727 Daytona Beach News-Journal (G): 112,945 Florida Today (Melbourne) (G): 90,877 Bradenton Herald (B): 52,163 Orlando Sentinel (B) Sarasota Herald-Tribune (G)
GEORGIA The Atlanta Journal-Constitution: 418,323 Macon Telegraph
MASSACHUSETTS The Boston Globe (G): 452,109 The Standard-Times (New Bedford): 35,299 Worcester Telegram & Gazette (B): The Republican
MICHIGAN Detroit Free Press (G): 354,581 The Muskegon Chronicle (B): 46,505 Battle Creek Enquirer: 24,831 The Argus-Press (Owosso): 11,438 Lansing State Journal Flint Journal (B)
MINNESOTA Star Tribune (Minneapolis) (G): 377,058 Duluth News Tribune: 45,688 The Free Press (Mankato): 21,591
MISSOURI St. Louis Post-Dispatch (G): 281,198 The Kansas City Star (G): 269,188 Columbia Daily Tribune (B): 18,874
MONTANA Billings Gazette (B)
NEVADA Nevada Appeal (Carson City): 15,296 Las Vegas Sun (G) Reno Gazette-Journal
NEW HAMPSHIRE Concord Monitor (G): 19,984 Portsmouth Herald Nashua Telegraph
NEW JERSEY The Record (Bergen County) (G) Star-Ledger (Newark) (G) The Times (Trenton) Gloucester County Times Courier-Journal
NEW MEXICO The Albuquerque Tribune (B): 13,536 Santa Fe New Mexican (G)
NEW YORK The New York Times (G): 1,133,763 Newsday (G) The Journal-News (White Plains) (B) Rochester Democrat & Chronicle (G) Buffalo News (G) Glens Falls Post-Star Star-Gazette (Elmira) (B)
NORTH CAROLINA The Charlotte Observer (G): 231,369 The Daily Reflector (Greenville): 25,777 Raleigh News & Observer (G) Asheville Citizen-Times
NORTH DAKOTA Grand Forks Herald (G): 32,385 Bismarck Tribune
OREGON The Oregonian (Portland) (B): 342,040 Mail Tribune (Medford): 35,524 The Register-Guard (Eugene) (G): 72,411 Statesman Journal (Salem): 56,298 East Oregonian (Pendleton): 10,236 The Daily Astorian (Astoria): 8,429
PENNSYLVANIA The Philadelphia Inquirer (G): 387,692 The Philadelphia Daily News (G): 139,983 Allentown Morning-Call (B) Pittsburgh Post-Gazette (G) Centre Daily Times
TENNESSEE The Jackson Sun (G): 35,561 Memphis Commercial-Appeal (B) The Tennessean (Nashville)
TEXAS Waco Tribune-Herald Lufkin Daily News
VIRGINIA The Virginian-Pilot (Norfolk) (G): 201,473 The Roanoke Times: 100,447 Hampton Roads Daily Press
WASHINGTON The Seattle Times (B): 237,303 Seattle Post-Intelligencer (G): 150,901 Walla Walla Union-Bulletin (B) The Sun (Bremerton) (B) Tri-City Herald (B)
WISCONSIN Wausau Daily Herald (B) The Journal Times (Racine)
WEST VIRGINIA Charleston Gazette (G): 49,529
GEORGE W. BUSH
ALABAMA Mobile Register (B): 100,244
ARIZONA The Arizona Republic (Phoenix) (B): 466,926
ARKANSAS Southwest Times Record (Fort Smith) (B): 37,636 Arkansas Democrat-Gazette (B)
CALIFORNIA The San Diego Union-Tribune (B): 361,317 The Press-Enterprise (Riverside): 191,802 The Record (Stockton) (B): 62,139 The Reporter (Vacaville) (B): 18,227 Long Beach Press-Telegram
COLORADO Rocky Mountain News (Denver) (B): 286,004 The Pueblo Chieftain: 52,208 Daily Times-Call (Longmont): 21,465 Loveland Daily Reporter-Herald: 17,548 Daily Record (Canon City): 8,164 Denver Post (G)
CONNECTICUT Hartford Courant
DISTRICT OF COLUMBIA The Washington Times (B): 100,228
FLORIDA The Ledger (Lakeland)
GEORGIA Savannah Morning News (B): 57,288
ILLINOIS Chicago Tribune (B): 578,843 The Pantagraph (Bloomington) (B): 47,931 The News-Gazette (Champaign-Urbana): 39,190
INDIANA The Indianapolis Star (B): 253,778
IOWA Globe-Gazette (Mason City): 18,947
MASSACHUSETTS Boston Herald (B): 248,988 The Sun (Lowell) (B): 50,369
MICHIGAN The Grand Rapids Press (B): 139,216 The Oakland Press (Pontiac): 65,484
NEBRASKA Omaha World-Herald (B): 197,627
NEVADA Las Vegas Review-Journal (B): 170,061
NEW HAMPSHIRE The Union Leader (Manchester) (B): 59,605 Foster's Daily Democrat (Dover): 22,995
NEW MEXICO Carlsbad Current-Argus (B): 8,030 Las Cruces Sun-News (B): 22,168
NEW YORK New York Post (B): 678,012 The New York Sun: 18,000
NORTH CAROLINA The Enterprise-Record (Mocksville)
NORTH DAKOTA Fargo Forum
OHIO The Repository (Canton) (B): 66,014 The Times Reporter (New Philadelphia): 23,956 The Courier (Findlay) (B): 22,319 The Advocate (Newark): 22,217 Columbus Dispatch (B) Cincinnati Enquirer Cincinnati Post Bowling Green Daily News
OKLAHOMA Tulsa World (B): 139,383
OREGON The News-Review (Roseburg): 19,272 Daily Courier (Grants Pass): 16,392
PENNSYLVANIA York Daily Record (G): 46,554 The Express-Times (Easton)
TENNESSEE The Leaf-Chronicle (Clarksville): 22,057
TEXAS The Dallas Morning News (B): 546,177 San Antonio Express-News (B): 252,889 Fort Worth Star-Telegram (B): 247,167 El Paso Times: 74,278 Amarillo Globe-News (B): 51,105 Houston Chronicle (B) Austin American-Statesman
VIRGINIA Richmond Times-Dispatch (B): 191,732 The Free Lance-Star (Fredericksburg) (B): 47,866 Daily News-Record (Harrisonburg)
WASHINGTON The Spokesman-Review (Spokane) (B): 100,760 The Columbian (Vancouver) (B): 51,498 The Chronicle (Centralia)
WEST VIRGINIA Charleston Daily Mail (B): 34,539 The Intelligencer (Wheeling): 20,689
Kind of proves the point that the majority of our newspapers and other so-called news media are liberals, doesn't it. Pathetic.
Also, whether it's here or not, The Baltimore Sun (which has headquarters in Los Angeles) will back Kerry. Sadly, my vote will be lost in Maryland. My county will most likely back Bush - the state will go with Kerry. Those who count votes in Baltimore City will see to that, as the dead always vote Democrat - and they always vote in Baltimore, as in most US cities.
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Kind of proves the point that the majority of our newspapers and other so-called news media are liberals, doesn't it. Pathetic.
Also, whether it's here or not, The Baltimore Sun (which has headquarters in Los Angeles) will back Kerry. Sadly, my vote will be lost in Maryland. My county will most likely back Bush - the state will go with Kerry. Those who count votes in Baltimore City will see to that, as the dead always vote Democrat - and they always vote in Baltimore, as in most US cities.
Well, I have to admit, I feel safer with the old style 'punch' balloting than electronic balloting, which I feel has the potential for hiding abuse.
And, in these times of accusations, counter-accusations and overall balloting confusion I hope somebody designs a system that not only works but provides measurable and certifiable results. Before all of us end up certifiable.
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Politics
10-24-2004, 20:31
Kerry leads Bush in the "Newspaper Wars" 
