I was hoping for a nod to Clark, but this isn't unexpected. They are probably the only newspaper endorsement in the Seattle area that will sway voters one way or the other. Althought they probably have more sway at the bottom of the ticket than the president.
http://www.thestranger.com/2004-02-05/city.html
The Stranger's Election Editorial Board--renamed the Stranger Department of Homeland Security in honor of an election season that threatens to hand W. a second term--thinks it's critical to keep Dean in the equation. The Democratic Party desperately needs Dean to remain on the stage, firing up the faithful and putting steel into the spines of the other candidates. That's why we're urging readers to leave your homes this weekend, go to your neighborhood caucus site [see box], and convince your neighbors that Dean, and not Kerry (whose anti-special-interest rhetoric is undercut by the fact that he's raised more money from paid lobbyists than any other senator in the past 15 years) or Edwards (whose little-guy rhetoric is undercut by the fact that among the Dem candidates, he has the largest percentage of big-dollar donors and the smallest percentage of little-guy donors), is the best candidate. (Oh, given that this is Seattle, you'll probably also have to battle some Kucinich fans, too. No problem: Just tell them Dean, and not Kucinich, is channeling the starlight tofu energy of the fire goddess.)
And unlike the Seattle Times, their guy is still in the running.