The Master Thread on Endorsements

[Killarney]

I think it would be helpful to have one thread we can go to to check and see how the newspaper endorsements are lining up by state.

Please let us know what the newspapers in your state have done. Thanks! :)

NOTE: I want to be able to see who endorsed Kerry AND who endorsed Chimpy so that we can take a look at states (especially swing states) and see where we stand. So please include Chimy and Kerry endorsements.

[Killarney]

1. Massachusetts

Boston Globe - Kerry
Boston Herald - nothing yet

[fujiyama]

2. Isn't the Herald

owned by Murdoch?

[Killarney]

9. It used to be, but it's still 100% repuke.

They endorsed Kerry in the Dem. primaries, but they will no doubt endorse Bush for the election. They just haven't done it yet.

[ET Awful]

4. I can't see the Herald going for Kerry. . . too much of a right-wing rag.

Hell, they've called him Senator Flip-Flop on front-page headlines.

[VDHark]

3. 3 south Florida newspapers

the Miami-Heald, the Sun-Sentinel (Broward County), and the Palm Beach Post.

[Meshuga]

5. Are they going for Kerry? n/t

[Killarney]

13. More Florida

St. Pete Times - Kerry

and the three above (Miami-Heald, the Sun-Sentinel, Palm Beach Post) all for Kerry.

Does Bush have ANY FL yet? Wow.

[Tesibria]

18. link for Sun-Sentinel?

I can't find it and want to add it to the master list.

[WI_DEM]

23. and a paper called Florida Today

I read also endorsed Kerry.

[Meshuga]

6. NYT for Kerry

[Jasper 91]

7. The Crawford Texas Iconoclast supports Kerry

And what an editorial .

[Killarney]

17. More Texas: Fort Worth Star-Telegram for Chimpy

[crispini]

21. Dallas Republican Snooze for Shrub

Big surprise there.

[Tesibria]

8. We have one !!!

see
http://www.democraticunderground.com/discuss/duboard.php?az=view_all&address=103x79421

but I see I need to add more !! I'm TRYING to keep it up to date, but don't know how to get everyone to put the stuff there ... but am working on it...

[Killarney]

10. I want to have one where we can see by state who endorsed B vs K

because I want to see, for example, which papers in Ohio endorsed who.

[warrior1]

12. The Sacramento Bee: Kerry for President.

http://www.sacbee.com/content/opinion/story/11123646p-12040030c.html

Bush hasn't earned a second term

Published 2:15 am PDT Sunday, October 17, 2004
When he campaigned in 2000, George W. Bush said he would be a "uniter, not a divider." The closeness of that election made that unlikely, and the course of his administration has made the very idea preposterous. The nation has paid a steep price for Bush's arrogance - mounting deficits and debt at home, loss of standing and effectiveness abroad.
Based on Bush's record, he does not deserve a second term. Fortunately, there is an alternative. John Kerry offers an experienced, steady choice to lead the nation in a different direction.



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[Killarney]

11. Illinois

Chicago Tribune - Chimpy

[Killarney]

14. Virginia

The Roanoke Times - Kerry

[Eurobabe]

19. no shit!

i wonder if the daily regress in C'ville will go for Kerry <SNORTS>

[Kukesa]

27. "Dayton Daily News" -- Dayton, Ohio,

as in BATTLEGROUND STATE!

Link here:


http://tinyurl.com/6quvl

[Killarney]

15. Minnesota

Minneapolis Star-Tribune - Kerry

[molly]

16. List of endorsements in DE News Journal

http://hosted.ap.org/dynamic/stories/N/NEWSPAPER_ENDORSEMENTS?SITE=DEWILELN&SECTION=POLITICS&TEMPLATE=DEFAULT

Bush:

The Chicago Tribune endorsed Bush on Oct. 17.

The Carlsbad Current-Argus, Carlsbad, N.M., endorsed Bush on Oct. 17.

Omaha World-Herald, Omaha, Neb., endorsed Bush on Oct. 17.

Rocky Mountain News, Denver, endorsed Bush on Oct. 16.

Kerry:

The New York Times endorsed Kerry on Oct. 17.

The Boston Globe endorsed Kerry on Oct. 17.

The Star Tribune, Minneapolis, endorsed Kerry on Oct. 17.

Dayton Daily News, Dayton, Ohio, endorsed Kerry on Oct. 17.

[Tesibria]

20. ok

i'll work on adding in the Bush endorsements

it's probably good to add in their distribution too.

gimme a bit and it'll be up.

[newyawker99]

22. kick

:kick:

[gottaB]

24. Winston Salem Journal--a stinging nonendorsement

<snip>

Since Richard Nixon ran against Hubert Humphrey in 1968, the Journal has endorsed every Republican candidate for president. That list includes George W. Bush when he ran against Vice President Al Gore.

Four years ago, we expressed reservations about many of Bush's stances on social and environmental issues. The primary reason we stated for endorsing Bush's candidacy despite these reservations was that we believed he would make a better commander-in-chief. Even though Bush had a shaky knowledge of foreign affairs, we believed that he was surrounding himself with an intelligent and experienced national-security team. If Bush gets good advice "and follows where it leads, the country will prosper," we said.

Sadly, that has not happened. Today we find that our worries about a Bush presidency have been confirmed, but our optimism about his ability to lead has not. In the first days after the terrorist attacks of Sept. 11, 2001, and as he led the invasion of Afghanistan, Bush looked like a strong leader. The country was as united as it had been in a long time, and much of the world reached out with sympathy and offers to help defeat global terrorism.

Three years later, the country is bitterly divided, and international support for the United States has largely evaporated. Bush has proved singularly unwilling to listen to advice other than that from a close inner circle. Either misinformed himself or misleading the American people about the necessity, he led the nation into an ill-timed and poorly planned war in Iraq. Now U.S. forces are bogged down in a difficult and expensive struggle that has already claimed more than 1,000 American lives, without a convincing plan for a satisfactory exit. The military is stretched thin, jeopardizing its effectiveness in the war on terrorism and its ability to deal with flare-ups in other world trouble spots. Yet Bush concedes no mistakes and promises four more years of the same.

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Bush Has Gone Astray....

[Minimus]

25. What a bunch of crap WS Journal - bush sucks but we are not too sure

about Kerry, so we will not endorse anyone. I will never read this rag of a paper again.

[evilqueen]

28. WSJ is conservative, I wouldn't expect an endorsement there

[gottaB]

32. it's a lame thing to do, but better than endorsing Bush

advantage: Kerry

[mvd]

26. In Pennsylvania..

the Philadelphia Inquirer enthusiastically endorsed Kerry. :bounce:

[FightinNewDem]

29. New Hampshire

Manchester Union Leader: Bush
Foster's Daily Democrat (Dover): Bush

The Portsmouth Herald and Keene Sentinel are almost certain to go with Kerry. The Nashua Telegraph is the big question mark.

[Mz Pip]

30. California

San Francisco Chronicle - Kerry

No surprise here but it's still nioce to chalk up another for Kerry.

MzPip
:dem:

[shtinkycat]

31. Florida Today (Central East Coast) for Kerry!

http://www.floridatoday.com/!NEWSROOM/opedstory1017WKERRY.htm