Kerry Leads Among Newspaper Endorsements
This Sunday, John Kerry gained the editorial backing of at least 30 papers while Bush only received 17. This bring Kerry's overall lead to 45 to Bush's 30, according to Editor & Publisher magazine.
Although Bush was endorsed by several major papers, Kerry won five papers who had backed Bush in 2000. Kerry also won the backing of several papers in the swing state of Florida: The Miami Herald, St. Petersburg Times, South Florida Sun-Sentinel in Ft. Laudedale, Florida Today in Melbourne, Palm Beach Post, Daytona Beach News Journal and Bradenton Herald in Florida. In other battleground states he picked up the Minneapolis Star-Tribune in Minnesota; the Daily Camera in Colorado, the Dayton Daily News and Akron Beacon-Journal in Ohio, and Duluth (Minn.) News-Tribune.
The Tampa Tribune, who had endorsed Bush in 2000, could not bring themselves to endorse either candidate saying that it found itself in "a position unimaginable four years ago" when it "strongly endorsed" the president. While it has no deep affection for Kerry it expressed disappointment in Bush, and so it would "not be lending our voice to the chorus of conservative-leaning newspapers endorsing the president's re-election....But we are unable to endorse President Bush for re- election because of his mishandling of the war in Iraq, his record deficit spending, his assault on open government and his failed promise to be a 'uniter not a divider' within the United States and the world."
Who is this guy?
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