29 Newspaper Flips - 2004 Bush : 2008 Obama

[LVZ]

So far there have been only four newspapers which endorsed Kerry in 2004 and now endorse McCain in 2008.

By contrast, below are 29 newspapers that endorsed BUSH in 2004 and now endorse OBAMA in 2008.

CALIFORNIA (26)
Daily Breeze (Torrance) (B): 66,599
Inland Valley Daily Bulletin (Ontario) (B): 53,903
Long Beach Press Telegram (B): 85,595
Pasadena Star-News (B): 27,894
San Gabriel Valley Tribune (B): 40,051
The (Stockton) Record (B): 57,486
San Bernardino Sun (B): 54,315
Tri-Valley Herald (B): 29,759

COLORADO (9)
The Denver Post (B): 225,193

CONNECTICUT (1)
New Haven Register (B): 72,613

FLORIDA (6)
Naples Daily-News (B): 66,272

ILLINOIS (6)
Chicago Tribune (B): 541,663
Lake County News-Sun (Waukegan) (B): 16,899

INDIANA (2)
Palladium-Item (Richmond) (B): 15,453

IOWA (3)
Mason City Globe Gazette (B): 17,666

NEW JERSEY (1)
Asbury Park Press (Neptune) (B): 140,882

NEW MEXICO (2)
Las Cruces Sun-News (B): 21,341

NEW YORK (4)
Daily News (B): 703,137

OHIO (9)
Hamilton Journal-News (B): 19,432
The Repository (Canton) (B): 65,789
The Times-Reporter (New Philadelphia) (B): 22,428

OREGON (7)
Yamhill Valley News-Register (McMinnville) (B): 10,921

PENNSYLVANIA (5)
The Express-Times (Easton) (B): 44,561

TEXAS (5)
Austin American-Statesman (B): 170,309
Houston Chronicle (B): 494,131

UTAH (1)
The Salt Lake Tribune (B): 121,699

WASHINGTON (8)
The Columbian (B): 44,623
Yakima Herald-Republic (B): 38,077

WISCONSIN (3)
Wisconsin State Journal (Madison) (B): 87,930

[Bicoastal]

1. Which one switched from Kerry to McCain?

[Tiggeroshii]

2. I think there were four.

Check this out, somebody posted it here on DU a little bit ago. It's pretty cool.

http://infochimps.org/static/gallery/politics/endorsements_map/endorsement_graph.html

[LVZ]

3. UPDATE: I checked again and found 4 Kerry-to-McCain flips (all southern states)

Florida
Bradenton Herald (K): 48,618

Tennesee
The Jackson Sun (K): 32,121

Texas
Corpus Christi Caller-Times (K): 53,368

Virginia
Daily Press (Newport News) (K): 91,508

[No Elephants]

8. Never mind. I get it. Kerry was white. Lord, I am so naive.

[FVZA_Colonel]

4. According to Editor and Publisher, it Appears to be Over 30 Bush Papers Going for Obama

http://www.editorandpublisher.com/eandp/news/article_display.jsp?vnu_content_id=1003877935

It doesn't have specific numbers, but it seems the ratio is even better then 29 to 4.

[LVZ]

5. New endorsements happen each day ...

I got '29' by grabbing all the "(B)" notations from the E&P site's Obama endorsement list.

[FVZA_Colonel]

6. Oh, I understand that.

It'll be a while before they can update with precise info. It's just so neat to see the number being so high.

[No Elephants]

7. How could you possibly switch from Democrat to McCain after 8 years of Bush? What do people smoke?