Newspaper Presidential Endorsements – Full List!

Red indicates that the paper endorsed Bush in 2004; Blue endorsed Kerry; Black did not endorse in 2004; (B) or (K) for the color blind.

BARACK OBAMA
66 total

ARKANSAS
Arkansas Times (K)

CALIFORNIA
The Argus (Fremont) (K)
Contra Costa Times (Walnut Creek) (K)
Daily Review (Hayward) (K)
The Fresno Bee (K)
La Opinion (Los Angeles) (K)
Los Angeles Times (N/A)
The Modesto Bee (K)
The Monterey County Herald (K)
Oakland Tribune (K)
The (Stockton) Record (B)
The Sacramento Bee (K)
San Bernardino Sun (B)
San Francisco Chronicle (K)
San Jose Mercury News (K)
San Mateo County Times (K)
Santa Cruz Sentinel (K)
Tri-Valley Herald (B)

COLORADO
Cortez Journal (K)
The Denver Post (B)
The Durango Herald (K)
Gunnison Country Times (N/A)
Ouray County Plaindealer (K)

DISTRICT OF COLUMBIA
The Washington Post (K)

FLORIDA
Miami Herald (K)

GEORGIA
Atlanta Journal-Constitution (K)

HAWAII
Honolulu Star-Bulletin (K)

ILLINOIS
Chicago Tribune (B)
Chicago Sun-Times (K)
Southwest News-Herald (K)

IOWA
The Storm Lake Times (K)

MAINE
Bangor Daily News (K)
Brunswick Times-Record (K)

MASSACHUSETTS
The Boston Globe (K)
The Standard-Times (New Bedford) (K)

MICHIGAN
The Muskegon Chronicle (K)

MISSOURI
Kansas City Star
St. Louis Post-Dispatch (K)

NEW MEXICO
Las Cruces Sun-News (B)
Santa Fe New Mexican (K)

NEW YORK
The Daily News (B)
el Diario

NORTH CAROLINA
Asheville Citizen-Times (K)

OHIO
The (Toledo) Blade (K)
Dayton Daily News (K)
The (Canton) Repository (B)
Springfield News-Sun (K)

OREGON
Mail Tribune (Medford) (K)
The Oregonian of Portland (K)
Yamhill Valley News-Register

PENNSYLVANIA
The Express-Times (Easton) (B)
Philadelphia Inquirer (K)
Pittsburgh Post-Gazette (K)

TENNESSEE
Chattanooga Times (K)
The Commercial Appeal (Memphis) (K)
The (Nashville) Tennessean (K)

TEXAS
The Lufkin Daily News (K)

UTAH
The Salt Lake Tribune (B)

VIRGINIA
Falls Church News-Press (K)

WASHINGTON
The Columbian (B)
Seattle Post-Intelligencer (K)
The Seattle Times (K)

WEST VIRGINIA
The Charleston Gazette (K)

WISCONSIN
The Capital Times (Madison) (K)
Wisconsin State Journal (Madison) (B)

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John McCain
18 total

CALIFORNIA

Napa Valley Register (B)
The San Francisco Examiner (B)

COLORADO
Mountain Valley News (Cedaredge)
The Daily Sentinel (Grand Junction) (B)
The Pueblo Chieftain (B)

DISTRICT OF COLUMBIA
The Washington DC Examiner (N/A)

FLORIDA
Tampa Tribune

MARYLAND
The Baltimore Examiner (N/A)

MASSACHUSETTS
Boston Herald (B)
The (Lowell) Sun (B)

NEW HAMPSHIRE
Foster’s Daily Democrat (B)
Union Leader (Manchester) (B)

NEW YORK
New York Post (B)

OHIO
The (Findlay) Courier (B)

TEXAS
Amarillo Globe-News (B)
Dallas Morning News (B)

WASHINGTON
(Spokane) Spokesman-Review (B)

WEST VIRGINIA
Wheeling News-Register (B)

Analysis:

No newspaper that endorsed John Kerry in 2004 has endorsed John McCain in 2008.

Twelve newspapers that endorsed Bush in 2004 have endorsed Barack Obama in 2008.

The circulation of the Obama endorsers in about 7 times greater than the circulation of the McCain endorsers.

The gap of 66 newspaper endorsements to 18 is a historic gap.

McCain received 4 endorsements from papers that didn’t endorse in 2004. The Baltimore and The Washington D.C. Examiners are free rags that weren’t even around in 2004. The Tampa Tribune’s editor is Janet Coats, best known for endangering all of our lives by drunken driving. The Mountain Valley News is some little podunk crap rag that is mostly used to soak up vomit on bar room floors.

At least two of the newspapers endorsing McCain are first written in crayon before being typeset.

The Union Leader is notorious for its historically racist editorials, and personal vendettas. They would endorse anyone…and I mean ANYONE (insert historically demonized person here) if they were registered as a Republican.

The Boston Herald is about as credible as information written in the snow with urine. You don’t know who the heck wrote it, but you know it’s dirty, and really shouldn’t touch it.

UPDATE 11/2- taken from Editor & Publisher

240 papers for Sen. Obama (114 for Sen. McCain)

ALABAMA (3)
Montgomery Advertiser (K): 45,060
TimesDaily (Florence): 29,200
The Tuscaloosa News (K): 32,768

ALASKA (1)
Anchorage Daily News (K): 62,893

CALIFORNIA (30)
The Argus (Fremont) (K): 26,749
Contra Costa Times (Walnut Creek) (K): 183,086
Daily Breeze (Torrance) (B): 66,599
The Daily Democrat (Woodland): 8,883
Daily News (Los Angeles) (K): 137,344
The 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
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
The Oakland Tribune (K): 96,535
Pasadena Star-News (B): 27,894
The Press Democrat (Santa Rosa): 78,022
Press-Telegram (Long Beach) (B): 85,595
The Reporter (Vacaville) (B): 17,751
San Gabriel Valley Tribune (B): 40,051
San Mateo Daily Journal: 14,800
Tahoe Daily Tribune: 7,723
The Record (Stockton) (B): 57,486
The Sacramento Bee (K): 288,755
San Bernardino County 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 (Pleasanton) (B): 29,759

COLORADO (8)
Aspen Daily News (K): 12,500
Aurora Sentinel (K): 46,000
Cortez Journal (K): 6,700
Daily Camera (Boulder) (K): 28,994
The Denver Post (B): 225,193
Durango Herald (K): 8,870
Fort Collins Coloradoan (K): 26,312
Vail Daily: 10,525

CONNECTICUT (4)
The Day (New London) (K): 34,730
The Hartford Courant (B): 168,158
New Haven Register (B): 72,613
Norwich Bulletin (K): 22,121

DELAWARE (1)
The News Journal (Wilmington) (K): 110,171

DISTRICT OF COLUMBIA (1)
The Washington Post (K): 673,180

FLORIDA (12)
Daytona Beach News-Journal (K): 99,627
Florida Today (Melbourne) (K): 79,499
The Gainesville Sun (K): 44,658
The Ledger (Lakeland) (B): 65,948
The Miami Herald (K): 240,223
Naples Daily-News (B): 66,272
Orlando Sentinel (K): 227,593
The Palm Beach Post (West Palm Beach) (K): 164,474
Pensacola News Journal: 57,069
St. Petersburg Times (K): 316,007
Sarasota Herald-Tribune (K): 114,904
South Florida Sun-Sentinel (Ft. Lauderdale) (K): 218,286

GEORGIA (3)
The Atlanta Journal-Constitution (K): 326,907
Columbus Ledger-Enquirer (B): 42,830
The Macon Telegraph (K): 56,510

HAWAII (2)
The Honolulu Advertiser (K): 140,331
Honolulu Star-Bulletin (K): 64,305

IDAHO (1)
The Idaho Statesman (Boise) (K): 61,927

ILLINOIS (8)
Chicago Tribune (B): 541,663
Chicago Sun-Times (K): 312,274
Daily Herald (Arlington Heights) (K): 143,152
Herald & Review (Decatur) (B): 34,480
Lake County News-Sun (Waukegan) (B): 16,899
The Pantagraph (Bloomington-Normal) (B): 47,764
The Register-Mail (Galesburg): 13,344
Rockford Register Star (K): 55,913

INDIANA (4)
Journal and Courier (Lafayette-West Lafayette) (K): 34,545
The Journal Gazette (Fort Wayne) (K): 64,304
Palladium-Item (Richmond) (B): 15,453
The Star Press (Muncie): 31,512

IOWA (6)
The Des Moines Register (K): 138,472
Globe-Gazette (Mason City)(B): 17,666
The Hawk Eye (Burlington) (K): 18,921
Iowa City Press-Citizen (K): 13,352
The Ottumwa Courier: 16,904
Quad-City Times (Davenport) (K): 51,890

KANSAS (2)
The Hays Daily News: 12,414
The Hutchinson News (K): 31,019

KENTUCKY (3)
The Ledger Independent (Maysville): 9,074
Lexington Herald-Leader (K):109,624
The Courier-Journal (Louisville) (K): 215,328

LOUISIANA (2)
The Times (Shreveport): 52,267
The Times-Picayune (New Orleans) (N): 179,834

MAINE (3)
Bangor Daily News (K): 55,627
Portland Press Herald (K): 64,938
The Times-Record (Brunswick ) (K): 9,317

MARYLAND (1)
The Sun (Baltimore) (K): 232,360

MASSACHUSETTS (9)
The Berkshire Eagle (Pittsfield) (K): 26,427
The Boston Globe (K): 350,605
Cape Cod Times (Hyannis) (B): 49,832
Daily Hampshire Gazette (Northampton): 18,001
The Recorder (Greenfield): 13,578
North Adams Transcript: 5,949
The Salem News: 29,125
The Standard-Times (New Bedford) (K): 30,306
Telegram & Gazette (Worcester) (K): 81,437

MICHIGAN (10)
The Bay City Times (K): 30,183
Battle Creek Enquirer (K): 20,854
>>> The Daily Tribune (Royal Oak)
Detroit Free Press (K): 308,944
The Flint Journal (K): 76,288
The Lansing State Journal (K): 58,948
Livingston County Daily Press & Argus (Howell) (K): 13,131
The Muskegon Chronicle (K): 41,114
The Saginaw News (K): 39,143
>>> Traverse City Record-Eagle (K)

MINNESOTA (5)
>>> Albert Lea Tribune
Post-Bulletin (Rochester): 44,631
St. Cloud Times (K): 25,868
Star Tribune (Minneapolis) (K): 321,964
>>> Winona Daily News

MISSOURI (4)
Columbia Daily Tribune (K): 18,131
The Joplin Globe (B): 26,700
The Kansas City Star (K): 252,785
St. Louis Post-Dispatch (K): 255,057

MONTANA (1)
Billings Gazette (K): 45,530

NEVADA (2)
Las Vegas Sun (K): 174,341
Reno Gazette-Journal (K): 57,423

NEW HAMPSHIRE (5)
Concord Monitor (K): 19,885
The Conway Daily Sun (Conway-North Conway)(N): 16,100
The Keene Sentinel (K): 12,119
Nashua Telegraph (K): 24,272
Portsmouth Herald (K): 11,658

NEW JERSEY (8)
Asbury Park Press (Neptune-Asbury Park) (B): 140,882
Courier-Post (Camden-Cherry Hill): 66,617
The Gloucester County Times (Woodbury) (K): 23,189
Home News Tribune (East Brunswick): 49,076
The Record (Hackensack) (K): 163,329
The Star-Ledger (Newark) (K): 345,130
The Times (Trenton) (K): 54,745

NEW MEXICO (3)
Las Cruces Sun-News (B): 21,341
The Daily Times (Farmington) (B): 17,485
The Santa Fe New Mexican (K): 25,249

NEW YORK (14)
The Buffalo News (K): 178,365
>>> Daily Freeman (N)
Daily News (New York City) (B): 703,137
The Daily Star (Oneonta) (K): 14,391
el Diario (K): 53,856
Hoy (New York City): 35,410
The Journal-News (White Plains) (K): 108,092
The New York Times (K): 1,077,256
The Post-Standard (Syracuse): 110,061
The Post-Star (Glens Falls) (K): 30,265
Poughkeepsie Journal (B): 37,265
Rochester Democrat and Chronicle (K): 145,913
The Times Herald-Record (Middletown): 75,745
Times Union (Albany) (K): 89,256

NORTH CAROLINA (6)
The Asheville Citizen-Times (K): 50,160
The Charlotte Observer (K): 210,616
The Daily Reflector (Greenville) (K): 21,703
The Herald-Sun (Durham) (N): 32,845
The News & Observer (Raleigh) (K): 176,083
Star-News (Wilmington) (K): 47,620

OHIO (12)
Akron Beacon Journal (K): 119,929
The Blade (Toledo) (K): 119,901
Dayton Daily News (K): 116,690
JournalNews (Hamilton) (B): 19,432
Middletown Journal: 17,285
News Journal (Mansfield) (B): 28,272
Telegraph-Forum (Bucyrus): 5,969
The Repository (Canton) (B): 65,789
The Times-Reporter (Dover-New Philadelphia) (B): 22,428
Springfield News-Sun (K): 24,684
The Plain Dealer (Cleveland) (N): 330,280
Vindicator (Youngstown) (B): 56,412

OKLAHOMA (2)
Muskogee Daily Phoenix & Times-Democrat (K): 14,816
The Norman Transcript: 12,921

OREGON (8)
The Ashland Daily Tidings: 5,010
Corvallis Gazette-Times: 12,092
East Oregonian (Pendleton) (K): 9,071
The Daily Astorian (Astoria) (K): 8,263
Mail Tribune (Medford) (K): 30,349
The Oregonian (Portland) (K): 304,399
The Register-Guard (Eugene) (K): 67,400
Statesman Journal (Salem) (K): 47,152

PENNSYLVANIA (18)
Beaver County Times (K): 38,654
The Daily Item (Sunbury) (N): 24,879
The Daily Review (Towanda): 7,900
The Delaware County Daily Times (Primos-Upper Darby): 42,879
Erie Times-News (B): 55,397
The Express-Times (Easton) (B): 44,561
Herald-Standard (Uniontown) (K): 24,341
Intelligencer Journal (Lancaster): 46,357
The Mercury (Pottstown): 21,186
Observer-Reporter (Washington) (K): 31,755
The Patriot-News (Harrisburg): 95,588
The Philadelphia Daily News: 107,269
The Philadelphia Inquirer (K): 334,150
Pittsburgh Post-Gazette (K): 214,374
Pocono Record (Stroudsburg): 18,276
Times Leader (Wilkes-Barre) (K): 38,229
The Times-Tribune (Scranton): 52,711
York Daily Record (B): 47,969

RHODE ISLAND (1)
The Providence Journal (B): 139,055

TENNESSEE (3)
Chattanooga Times (K): 71,716
The Commercial Appeal (Memphis) (K): 146,961
The Tennessean (Nashville) (K): 161,131

TEXAS (7)
Austin American-Statesman (B): 170,309
The Eagle (Bryan-College Station): 21,654
Fort Worth Star-Telegram (B): 207,045
Houston Chronicle (B): 494,131
Longview News-Journal (K): 27,590
The Lufkin Daily News (K): 12,225
San Angelo Standard-Times: 24,919

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

VERMONT (4)
Bennington Banner (K): 6,502
Brattleboro Reformer (K): 8,814
The Burlington Free Press (K): 41,901
Valley News (White River Junction) (K): 16,430

VIRGINIA (1)
The News Leader (Staunton) (B): 17,238

WASHINGTON (10)
The Columbian (Vancouver) (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
The Sun (Bremerton): 28,792
Tri-City Herald (Pasco-Kennewick-Richland) (K): 40,830
Walla Walla Union-Bulletin (K): 13,624
The Wenatchee World: 22,579
Yakima Herald-Republic (B): 38,077

WEST VIRGINIA (3)
Charleston Gazette (K): 48,061
The Herald-Dispatch (Huntington) (K): 27,463
Times West Virginian (Fairmont): 10,415

WISCONSIN (8)
The Capital Times (Madison) (K): 16,335
The Chippewa Herald (Chippewa Falls) (B): 6,720
Kenosha News (K): 24,535
La Crosse Tribune (K): 31,759
Milwaukee Journal Sentinel (K): 217,755
Stevens Point Journal: 11,234
>>> The Wausau Daily Herald (K)
Wisconsin State Journal (Madison) (B): 87,930

Obama Draws 100,000 at St. Louis Rally

That’s inspiration. That’s leadership. That’s Barack Obama.

In one of the largest crowds ever at a political rally in world history, St. Louis cheered for the man they want to lead them out of the turmoil created by 8 years of Bush rule. Senator Obama spoke to the crowd, residents of a normally ‘red’ state, giving them reason to be both enthused, and concerned about the upcoming election. This election is the most anticipated since the 1932, in which America also needed to change economic and foreign policy directions.

It is possible that somewhere between 65-70 percent of voters will turn out this general election, which would mark the highest turnout at least since 1960, if not the highest ever recorded. With such anticipation, it can be expected that the electorate is emotionally driven by some issues, and the number one issue is the economy. Senator Obama is seen as the clear leader on economic issues, and coupled with the desire voters have proffered about changing the nature of the presidency, it can be expected that he fits that brand as well.

Senator Obama has voiced his concerns over complacency, and the American voters need to be cognizant of it. No change can occur in a system without energy added, and we, as voters, have that unique ability to add energy into the system. We can change the momentum of a nation careening towards catastrophe, and correct its trajectory. We can inject energy into a stagnant nation and cause movement once again. We can change the future with a simple vote. But we must add that energy to make anything happen. Nothing happens without our input. Vote on November 4, or be complacent in the current trajectory of our nation.

KKK Endorsement of McCain? See for Yourself.

I can make no claim that the video is authentic, nor can I attest to any truth in the question of whether the KKK has endorsed John McCain, whether implicitly or explicitly.

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