On 'Super Sunday,' Kerry Makes Huge Gains
By Greg Mitchell
First Published: October 23, 2004 updated continually
NEW YORK
Sen. John Kerry continued his raid on newspapers that backed President Bush in 2000, grabbing 24 new "flip-flops," plus The Washington Post, which was a major supporter of the war in Iraq. The Democrat has now won endorsements from at least 35 papers that went for Bush in 2000, while Bush has earned only two Gore papers.
However, Bush got a prize in the key state of Ohio, The Columbus Dispatch.
Kerry now leads Bush 125-96 in endorsements in E&P's exclusive tally, and he leads by about 16 million to 10 million in the circulation of backing papers.
And more setbacks for Bush: The Detroit News, which has never endorsed a Democrat, and which backed Bush in 2000, announced that it would sit out the 2004 election, not happy with either candidate. The Times-Picayune in New Orleans, another Bush backer in 2000, said the same thing today in an editorial titled "No One to Champion." A third Bush supporter in 2000, The Patriot-News in Harrisburg, Pa., also declared neutrality today.
The Chicago Sun-Times, the Daily News in Los Angeles, the Orlando Sentinel, and The Commercial-Appeal in Memphis, Tenn., were among the 24 papers that backed Bush in 2000 but today chose Kerry.
For his part, Bush gained the key Columbus, Ohio, paper. In its editorial, the Dispatch said it was "less than enthused about the choices." It said it was troubled by Bush's fiscal policies and the war in Iraq but said that neither Kerry's Senate record nor "his shifting positions during the presidential campaign inspire confidence that he would provide the strong, resolute leadership America desperately needs."
Bush also picked up the Houston Chronicle and The Denver Post, the latter in a switch from Gore in 2000. William Dean Singleton, now the publisher of that paper, is known as a strong Bush supporter. His MediaNews Group also owns the Daily News in Los Angeles, which Singleton allowed to go for Kerry.
In addition to those already mentioned, Kerry today grabbed 20 other papers from the Bush 2000 column, with the endorsement of The Morning Call in Allentown, Pa.; The Stamford (Conn.) Advocate; The (White Plains) Journal News and (Elmira) Star-Gazette in New York; the Quad City Times in Davenport, Iowa; the Rockford (Ill.) Register-Star; The Oakland Tribune, Contra Costa Times (Walnut Creek), Ventura County Star, and Santa Cruz Sentinel in California; The Idaho Statesman in Boise; Iowa City Press-Citizen; the Telegram & Gazette in Worcester, Mass.; The Flint (Mich.) Journal; the Tri-City Herald (Kennewick) and The (Bremerton) Sun and Walla Walla Union-Bulletin in Washington; The Wausau (Wis.) Daily Herald; the Billings (Mont.) Gazette; and the Bangor (Maine) Daily News.
The Daily News in New York appeared to endorse Kerry today but it was hard to tell: The paper did nothing but bash Bush for several paragraphs without once mentioning his opponent's name.
Meanwhile, E&P has learned from several sources at The Plain Dealer in Cleveland that the paper's nine-person editorial board decided earlier this week that it wanted to endorse Kerry, but Publisher Alex Machaskee, who has final say, has decided on Bush. The paper backed Bush in 2000.
This has caused consternation in some quarters at the Plain Dealer, with sources telling E&P that the endorsement editorial, which was expected to run Sunday, was put off. One editor told E&P that some at the paper at pushing for, at least, a dissenting pro-Kerry column.
OTHER KERRY PICKUPS SUNDAY INCLUDED: The Pittsburgh Post-Gazette and Centre Daily Times (State College) in hotly contested Pennsylvania; The (Hackensack) Record and The (Newark) Star-Ledger in New Jersey; The Blade in Toledo, Ohio; The (Raleigh) News & Observer and Asheville Citizen Times in North Carolina; Newsday (Melville), the Rochester Democrat and Chronicle, The Buffalo News, and The (Glens Falls) Post-Star in New York; The Des Moines Register in Iowa; The Courier-Journal in Louisville, Ky.; the Daily Southtown in Chicago, Ill.; Daily Press in Newport News, Va.; The (Nashville) Tennesean; The Santa Fe New Mexican; The Times in Shreveport, La.; The Macon (Ga.) Telegraph; and the Portsmouth Herald and The (Nashua) Telegraph in New Hampshire.
BUSH BACKING: Bush, however, retained the Austin American-Statesman and Houston Chronicle in his home Texas; The Cincinnati Enquirer and The Cincinnati Post; The Hartford (Conn.) Courant; the Press-Telegram in Long Beach, Calif.; the Arkansas Democrat-Gazette in Little Rock; the Lincoln (Neb.) Journal Star; The Express-Times of Easton, Pa.; Sioux City (Iowa) Journal; The Oklahoman in Oklahoma City; and The Forum in Fargo, N.D.
Special thanks to Teresa LaLoggia and dozens of others for sending along the latest endorsements.
Here is our updated chart, state by state, including new arrivals from Sunday. You will find many circulation numbers and an indication of who the paper backed in 2000, Bush or Gore (if we know it). However, for papers that endorsed this weekend, we have not yet entered circulation figures. This will be done Monday.
| JOHN KERRY ALABAMA The Anniston Star (G): 26,527 Decatur Daily (G) ARIZONA Arizona Daily Star (Tucson) (G): 109,592 CALIFORNIA San Francisco Chronicle (G): 501,135 The Sacramento Bee (G): 303,841 San Jose Mercury News (G): 279,539 The Fresno Bee (G): 166,531 The Press Democrat (Santa Rosa) (G): 89,384 The Modesto Bee (G): 87,366 Merced Sun-Star: 17,247 Los Angeles Daily News (B) Contra Costa Times (B) Ventura County Star (B) Santa Cruz Sentinel (B) Oakland Tribune (B) COLORADO Daily Camera (Boulder) (B): 33,419 The Coloradoan (Ft. Collins) Durango Herald CONNECTICUT The Day (New London) (B): 39,553 Stamford Advocate (B) DISTRICT OF COLUMBIA The Washington Post FLORIDA St. Petersburg Times (G): 358,502 The Miami Herald (G): 325,032 South Florida Sun-Sentinel (Ft. Lauderdale) (G): 268,927 The Palm Beach Post (G): 181,727 Daytona Beach News-Journal (G): 112,945 Florida Today (Melbourne) (G): 90,877 Bradenton Herald (B): 52,163 Orlando Sentinel (B) Sarasota Herald-Tribune (G) GEORGIA The Atlanta Journal-Constitution: 418,323 Macon Telegraph HAWAII The Honolulu Advertiser (G): 145,943 IDAHO Idaho Statesman (B) ILLINOIS Daily Herald (Arlington Heights) (B): 150,794 Chicago Sun-Times (B) Rockford Register-Star (B) Daily Southtown INDIANA The Journal Gazette (Fort Wayne) (G): 61,205 IOWA The Hawk Eye (Burlington) (G): 19,000 Quad City Times (Davenport) (B): Iowa City Pres-Citizen Des Moines Register (G) KANSAS Hutchinson News KENTUCKY Lexington Herald-Leader (G): 122,748 Louisville Courier-Journal (G) LOUISIANA Shreveport Times MAINE Portland Press Herald (G): 73,211 Bangor Daily News (B) Kennebec Journal MASSACHUSETTS The Boston Globe (G): 452,109 The Standard-Times (New Bedford): 35,299 Worcester Telegram & Gazette (B): The Republican MICHIGAN Detroit Free Press (G): 354,581 The Muskegon Chronicle (B): 46,505 Battle Creek Enquirer: 24,831 The Argus-Press (Owosso): 11,438 Lansing State Journal Flint Journal (B) MINNESOTA Star Tribune (Minneapolis) (G): 377,058 Duluth News Tribune: 45,688 The Free Press (Mankato): 21,591 MISSOURI St. Louis Post-Dispatch (G): 281,198 The Kansas City Star (G): 269,188 Columbia Daily Tribune (B): 18,874 MONTANA Billings Gazette (B) NEVADA Nevada Appeal (Carson City): 15,296 Las Vegas Sun (G) Reno Gazette-Journal NEW HAMPSHIRE Concord Monitor (G): 19,984 Portsmouth Herald Nashua Telegraph NEW JERSEY The Record (Bergen County) (G) Star-Ledger (Newark) (G) The Times (Trenton) Gloucester County Times Courier-Journal NEW MEXICO The Albuquerque Tribune (B): 13,536 Santa Fe New Mexican (G) Farmington Daily Times NEW YORK The New York Times (G): 1,133,763 Newsday (G) The Journal-News (White Plains) (B) Rochester Democrat & Chronicle (G) Buffalo News (G) Glens Falls Post-Star Star-Gazette (Elmira) (B) NORTH CAROLINA The Charlotte Observer (G): 231,369 The Daily Reflector (Greenville): 25,777 Raleigh News & Observer (G) Asheville Citizen-Times NORTH DAKOTA Grand Forks Herald (G): 32,385 Bismarck Tribune OHIO Dayton Daily News (G): 183,175 Akron Beacon Journal (G): 139,220 Toledo Blade (G) OREGON The Oregonian (Portland) (B): 342,040 Mail Tribune (Medford): 35,524 The Register-Guard (Eugene) (G): 72,411 Statesman Journal (Salem): 56,298 East Oregonian (Pendleton): 10,236 The Daily Astorian (Astoria): 8,429 PENNSYLVANIA The Philadelphia Inquirer (G): 387,692 The Philadelphia Daily News (G): 139,983 Allentown Morning-Call (B) Pittsburgh Post-Gazette (G) Centre Daily Times TENNESSEE The Jackson Sun (G): 35,561 Memphis Commercial-Appeal (B) The Tennessean (Nashville) TEXAS Waco Tribune-Herald Lufkin Daily News VIRGINIA The Virginian-Pilot (Norfolk) (G): 201,473 The Roanoke Times: 100,447 Hampton Roads Daily Press WASHINGTON The Seattle Times (B): 237,303 Seattle Post-Intelligencer (G): 150,901 Walla Walla Union-Bulletin (B) The Sun (Bremerton) (B) Tri-City Herald (B) WISCONSIN Wausau Daily Herald (B) The Journal Times (Racine) WEST VIRGINIA Charleston Gazette (G): 49,529 | GEORGE W. BUSH ALABAMA Mobile Register (B): 100,244 Birmigham News ARIZONA The Arizona Republic (Phoenix) (B): 466,926 ARKANSAS Southwest Times Record (Fort Smith) (B): 37,636 Arkansas Democrat-Gazette (B) CALIFORNIA The San Diego Union-Tribune (B): 361,317 The Press-Enterprise (Riverside): 191,802 The Record (Stockton) (B): 62,139 The Reporter (Vacaville) (B): 18,227 Long Beach Press-Telegram The Bakersfield Californian COLORADO Rocky Mountain News (Denver) (B): 286,004 The Pueblo Chieftain: 52,208 Daily Times-Call (Longmont): 21,465 Loveland Daily Reporter-Herald: 17,548 Daily Record (Canon City): 8,164 Denver Post (G) CONNECTICUT Hartford Courant DISTRICT OF COLUMBIA The Washington Times (B): 100,228 FLORIDA The Ledger (Lakeland) Ocala Star-Banner GEORGIA Savannah Morning News (B): 57,288 Augusta Chronicle ILLINOIS Chicago Tribune (B): 578,843 The Pantagraph (Bloomington) (B): 47,931 The News-Gazette (Champaign-Urbana): 39,190 Freeport Journal-Standard Springfield State Journal-Register Southern Illinoisan (Carbondale) INDIANA The Indianapolis Star (B): 253,778 Evansville Courier-Press IOWA Globe-Gazette (Mason City): 18,947 Cedar Rapids Gazette Sioux City Journal KENTUCKY Bowling Green Daily News MARYLAND Easton Star-Democrat MASSACHUSETTS Boston Herald (B): 248,988 The Sun (Lowell) (B): 50,369 MICHIGAN The Grand Rapids Press (B): 139,216 The Oakland Press (Pontiac): 65,484 Herald Palladium (St. Joseph) Macomb Daily Midland Daily Newes NEBRASKA Omaha World-Herald (B): 197,627 Lincoln Journal-Star NEW JERSEY Asbury Park Press NEVADA Las Vegas Review-Journal (B): 170,061 NEW HAMPSHIRE The Union Leader (Manchester) (B): 59,605 Foster's Daily Democrat (Dover): 22,995 NEW MEXICO Carlsbad Current-Argus (B): 8,030 Las Cruces Sun-News (B): 22,168 NEW YORK New York Post (B): 678,012 The New York Sun: 18,000 NORTH CAROLINA The Enterprise-Record (Mocksville) NORTH DAKOTA Fargo Forum OHIO The Repository (Canton) (B): 66,014 The Times Reporter (New Philadelphia): 23,956 The Courier (Findlay) (B): 22,319 The Advocate (Newark): 22,217 Columbus Dispatch (B) Cincinnati Enquirer Cincinnati Post OKLAHOMA Tulsa World (B): 139,383 The Oklahoman OREGON The News-Review (Roseburg): 19,272 Daily Courier (Grants Pass): 16,392 PENNSYLVANIA York Daily Record (G): 46,554 The Express-Times (Easton) Altoona Mirror SOUTH CAROLINA Spartanburg Herald-Journal SOUTH DAKOTA Sioux Falls Argus Leader TENNESSEE The Leaf-Chronicle (Clarksville): 22,057 TEXAS The Dallas Morning News (B): 546,177 San Antonio Express-News (B): 252,889 Fort Worth Star-Telegram (B): 247,167 El Paso Times: 74,278 Amarillo Globe-News (B): 51,105 Houston Chronicle (B) Austin American-Statesman UTAH Salt Lake Tribune VIRGINIA Richmond Times-Dispatch (B): 191,732 The Free Lance-Star (Fredericksburg) (B): 47,866 Daily News-Record (Harrisonburg) Danvile Bee News Advance (Lynchburg) WASHINGTON The Spokesman-Review (Spokane) (B): 100,760 The Columbian (Vancouver) (B): 51,498 The Chronicle (Centralia) WEST VIRGINIA Charleston Daily Mail (B): 34,539 The Intelligencer (Wheeling): 20,689 Bluefield Daily Telegraph Parkersburg News WISCONSIN Oshkosh Northwestern (B): 21,748 The Chippewa Herald (Chippewa Falls) (B): 6,804 |
Greg Mitchell (gmitchell@editorandpublisher.com) is editor of E&P.
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