Daily Endorsement Tally: On 'Super Sunday,' Kerry Makes Huge Gains

Daily Endorsement Tally: On 'Super Sunday,' Kerry Makes Huge Gains

By Greg Mitchell

Published: October 23, 2004 updated continually

New York Senator John Kerry continued his raid on newspapers that backed President George W. Bush in 2000, grabbing 17 new "flip-flops," as well as The Washington Post. He has now won over at least 28 papers that went for Bush in 2000, while Bush has only earned two Gore papers.

However, Bush got a real prize in Ohio, the Columbus Dispatch.

Kerry now leads Bush 111-70 in endorsements in E&P's exclusive tally, and by about 14.4 million to 8.6 million in the circulation of backing papers.

And more setbacks for Bush: The Detroit News, which has never endorsed a Democrat, and backed Bush in 2000, announced that it would sit out the 2004 election, not happy with either candidate. The New Orleans Times-Picayune, another Bush fan from 2000, said the same thing today in an editorial titled "No One to Champion." A third Bush backer in 2000, the Harrisburg Patriot-News, also declared neutrality today.

http://www.editorandpublisher.com/eandp/news/article_display.jsp?vnu_content_id=1000683265

Is there any precedent for so many papers reversing themselves? That is surely newsworthy.

2-1 for Bush over Gore although I don't know about the circulation comparison. Just another indicator that the nightmare is likely coming to an end.

endorsement shouldn't win too many votes. I thought there was a chance that they may endorse Kerry, but this endorsement may do just as well. They listed the president's failings and failures, but in a one sentence paragraph said basically don't change horses in mid-stream. No one who reads it will come away with warm and fuzzy feelings for the president.

every year since Truman and they gave him a "luke-warm" endorsement at that. I don't think this will matter much.