Starting with today's endorsements, some interesting news. The Hartford Courant will endorse Sen. Obama this weekend, making it the newspaper’s second endorsement of a Democratic presidential candidate in its 244 year history.
The St. Petersburg Times in key swing state Florida also endorsed Obama in an online posting today. So did the Charlotte Observer in another key swing state of North Carolina. Both of those papers went for Kerry in 2004.
The Cincinnati Enquirer in another key state, Ohio, came out for McCain. It also backed Bush in 2004.
In another battleground state the York Daily Record in Pennsylvania has switched to Obama after backing Bush in 2004. Another switch, The Florence (AL) Times Daily.
At least 28 papers have now switched to Obama from Bush in 2004, with just four flipping to McCain.
Obama's lopsided margin, including most of the major papers that have decided so far, is a stark contrast to John Kerry barely edging George W. Bush in endorsements in 2004 by 213 to 205.
Barack Obama leads by almost 3-1 in all editorial endorsements.
(B) = Bush; (K) = Kerry; (N) = No Endorsement
BARACK OBAMA
140 daily newspapers total
More than 15 million daily circulation total
ALABAMA (2)
Tuscaloosa News (K): 32,768
The Florence Times Daily (B)
CALIFORNIA (26)
The Argus (Fremont) (K): 26,749
Contra Costa Times (Walnut Creek) (K): 183,086
Daily Breeze (Torrance) (B): 66,599
Daily News (Los Angeles) (K): 137,344
Daily Review (Hayward) (K): 30,704
The Fresno Bee (K): 150,334
Inland Valley Daily Bulletin (Ontario) (B): 53,903
La Opinion (Los Angeles) (K): 114,892
Long Beach Press Telegram (B): 85,595
Los Angeles Times (N): 773,884
Marin Independent-Journal (K): 31,909
Merced Sun Star (K): 15,015
The Modesto Bee (K): 78,001
The Monterey County Herald (K): 28,933
Oakland Tribune (K): 96,535
Pasadena Star-News (B): 27,894
San Gabriel Valley Tribune (B): 40,051
San Mateo Daily Journal: 14,800
The (Stockton) Record (B): 57,486
The Sacramento Bee (K): 288,755
San Bernardino Sun (B): 54,315
San Francisco Chronicle (K): 370,345
San Jose Mercury News (K): 234,772
San Mateo County Times (K): 25,982
Santa Cruz Sentinel (K): 23,290
Tri-Valley Herald (B): 29,759
COLORADO (9)
Aspen Daily News (K): 12,500
The Aurora Sentinel (K): 46,000
Boulder Camera (K): 28,994
Cortez Journal (K): 6,700
The Denver Post (B): 225,193
The Durango Herald (K): 8,870
Gunnison Country Times (N): 4,000
Ouray County Plaindealer (K): 3,000
Vail Daily: 10,525
CONNECTICUT (2)
New Haven Register (B): 72,613
The Hartford Courant (B)
DELAWARE (1)
The News Journal (Wilmington) (K): 110,171
DISTRICT OF COLUMBIA (1)
The Washington Post (K): 673,180
FLORIDA (7)
Daytona Beach News-Journal (K): 99,627
Miami Herald (K): 240,223
Naples Daily-News (B): 66,272
Orlando Sentinel (K): 227,593
The Palm Beach Post (K): 164,474
Sarasota Herald-Tribune (K): 114,904
St. Petersburg Times (K)
GEORGIA (1)
Atlanta Journal-Constitution (K): 326,907
HAWAII (1)
Honolulu Star-Bulletin (K): 64,305
IDAHO (1)
Idaho Statesman (K): 61,927
ILLINOIS (6)
Chicago Tribune (B): 541,663
Chicago Sun-Times (K): 312,274
Daily Herald (Arlington) (K): 143,152
Lake County News-Sun (Waukegan) (B): 16,899
Rockford Register Star (K): 55,913
Southwest News-Herald (K): 9,300
INDIANA (2)
The Journal Gazette (Fort Wayne) (K): 64,304
Palladium-Item (Richmond) (B): 15,453
IOWA (3)
The Hawk Eye (Burlington) (K): 18,921
Mason City Globe Gazette (B): 17,666
The Storm Lake Times (K): 3,200
KENTUCKY (2)
The Ledger Independent (Maysville)
Lexington Herald-Leader (K):109,624
MAINE (2)
Bangor Daily News (K): 55,627
Brunswick Times-Record (K): 9,317
MASSACHUSETTS (4)
The Boston Globe (K): 350,605
North Adams Transcript: 5,949
The Standard-Times (New Bedford) (K): 30,306
The Berkshire Eagle (K)
MICHIGAN (3)
Detroit Free Press (K): 308,944
Michigan Chronicle (Detroit) (N): 31,872
The Muskegon Chronicle (K): 41,114
MINNESOTA (1)
St. Cloud Times (K): 25,868
MISSOURI (3)
Columbia Daily Tribune (K): 18,131
The Kansas City Star (K): 252,785
St. Louis Post-Dispatch (K): 255,057
NEVADA (1)
Las Vegas Sun (K): 174,341
NEW HAMPSHIRE (2)
Concord Monitor (K): 19,885
Nashua Telegraph (K): 24,272
NEW JERSEY (1)
Asbury Park Press (Neptune) (B): 140,882
NEW MEXICO (2)
Las Cruces Sun-News (B): 21,341
Santa Fe New Mexican (K): 25,249
NEW YORK (5)
Buffalo News (K): 178,365
Daily News (B): 703,137
The Daily Star (Oneonta) (K): 14,391
el Diario (K): 53,856
The New York Times (K)
NORTH CAROLINA (6)
Asheville Citizen-Times (K): 50,160
The Charlotte Observer (K)
The Daily Reflector (Greenville) (K): 21,703
Durham Herald-Sun (N): 32,845
News & Observer (Raleigh) (K): 176,083
Wilmington Star-News (K): 47,620
OHIO (9)
Akron Beacon-Journal (K): 119,929
The Blade (Toledo) (K): 119,901
Dayton Daily News (K): 116,690
Hamilton Journal-News (B): 19,432
Middletown Journal: 17,285
The Repository (Canton) (B): 65,789
The Times-Reporter (New Philadelphia) (B): 22,428
Springfield News-Sun (K): 24,684
The Plain Dealer (Cleveland) (N): 330,280
OKLAHOMA (1)
Muskogee Phoenix (K)
OREGON (7)
Corvallis Gazette-Times: 12,092
The Daily Astorian (Astoria) (K): 8,263
Mail Tribune (Medford) (K): 30,349
The Oregonian (Portland) (K): 304,399
Register-Guard (Eugene) (K): 67,400
Statesman-Journal (Salem) (K): 47,152
Yamhill Valley News-Register (McMinnville) (B): 10,921
PENNSYLVANIA (6)
The Daily Item (Sunbury) (N): 24,879
The Express-Times (Easton) (B): 44,561
Philadelphia Daily News (K)
Philadelphia Inquirer (K): 334,150
Pittsburgh Post-Gazette (K): 214,374
York Daily Record (B)
TENNESSEE (3)
Chattanooga Times (K): 71,716
The Commercial Appeal (Memphis) (K): 146,961
The (Nashville) Tennessean (K): 161,131
TEXAS (5)
Austin American-Statesman (B): 170,309
The Eagle (Bryan-College Station): 21,654
Houston Chronicle (B): 494,131
Longview News-Journal (K): 27,590
The Lufkin Daily News (K): 12,225
UTAH (1)
The Salt Lake Tribune (B): 121,699
VERMONT (1)
Burlington Free Press (K): 41,901
VIRGINIA (1)
Falls Church News-Press (K): 30,500
WASHINGTON (8)
The Columbian (B): 44,623
The News Tribune (Tacoma) (K): 111,778
The Olympian (Olympia) (K): 30,755
Seattle Post-Intelligencer (K): 129,563
The Seattle Times (K): 220,883
Tri-City Herald (K): 40,830
Walla Walla Union-Bulletin (K): 13,624
Yakima Herald-Republic (B): 38,077
WEST VIRGINIA (2)
The Charleston Gazette (K): 48,061
Huntington Herald-Dispatch (K): 27,463
WISCONSIN (3)
The Capital Times (Madison) (K): 16,335
Stevens Point Journal
Wisconsin State Journal (Madison) (B): 87,930
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JOHN McCAIN
55 daily newspapers total
More than 4,139,700 daily circulation total
CALIFORNIA (5)
Bakersfield Californian (B) 59,433
Napa Valley Register (B): 16,283
Riverside Press-Enterprise (B): 164,189
The San Francisco Examiner (B): 80,000
San Diego Union-Tribune (B): 288,669
COLORADO (4)
Mountain Valley News (Cedaredge): 2,000
The Daily Sentinel (Grand Junction) (B): 31,349
The Pueblo Chieftain (B): 49,169
Daily Times-Call (Longmont) (B): 21,127
CONNECTICUT (1)
The Register Citizen (Torrington) (B): 8,217
DISTRICT OF COLUMBIA (1)
The Washington DC Examiner (N): 100,073
FLORIDA (4)
Bradenton Herald (K): 48,618
Cape Coral Daily Breeze: 2,015
Palatka Daily News: 11,000
Tampa Tribune: 220,522
IOWA (1)
The Messenger (Fort Dodge) (B): 16,355
MARYLAND (1)
The Baltimore Examiner (N): 50,000
MASSACHUSETTS (2)
Boston Herald (B): 182,350
The (Lowell) Sun (B): 44,439
MICHIGAN (1)
The Detroit News: 188,171
MINNESOTA (1)
The Journal (New Ulm) (B): 7,920
NEBRASKA (1)
McCook Daily Gazette: 5,903
NEW HAMPSHIRE (2)
Foster’s Daily Democrat (B): 22,547
Union Leader (Manchester) (B): 51,782
NEW MEXICO (1)
Roswell Daily Record: 11,700
NEVADA (1)
Las Vegas Review-Journal (B): 174,341
NEW YORK (1)
New York Post (B): 702,488
NORTH DAKOTA (1)
Fargo Forum (B): 48,303
OHIO (3)
Columbus Dispatch (B): 199,524
The (Findlay) Courier (B): 22,319
The Cincinnatti Enquirer (B)
OKLAHOMA (1)
Bartlesville Examiner-Enterprise: 18,400
OREGON (1)
Bend Bulletin (B): 32,455
PENNSYLVANIA (2)
Public Opinion (Chambersburg) (N): 16,679
The Sentinel (Lewistown) (B): 11,863
SOUTH CAROLINA (1)
The State (Columbia) (B)
TENNESSEE (3)
The Chattanooga Free Press (B): 71,716
The Jackson Sun (K): 32,121
The Leaf-Chronicle (Clarksville) (B): 20,354
TEXAS (9)
Amarillo Globe-News (B): 44,764
Beaumont Enterprise (B): 45,684
Corpus Christi Caller-Times (K): 53,368
Dallas Morning News (B): 368,313
Kerrville Daily Times: 8,971
The Lubbock Avalanche-Journal (B): 49,094
San Antonio Express-News (B): 225,447
Times Record News (Wichita Falls) (N): 28,888
Tyler Morning Telegraph: 35,598
VIRGINIA (3)
The Daily News Record (Harrisonburg): 30,908
Daily Press (Newport News) (K): 91,508
The Winchester Star (B): 20,218
WASHINGTON (1)
(Spokane) Spokesman-Review (B): 89,779
WEST VIRGINIA (1)
Wheeling News-Register (B): 12,821
CHOOSING NOT TO ENDORSE (7)
Abilene Reporter-News
Colorado Springs Gazette
Fort Meyers News-Press
Mountain Home News (Idaho)
Springfield News-Leader
The Record Searchlight (California)
Waco Tribune Herald (Texas)
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