Cheney’s hometown paper endorses Obama

Dick Cheney may have gone home to endorse McCain, but his hometown paper endorsed Obama today.  In an opinion piece this morning, the Casper Star-Tribune wrote that “Obama can lead us through troubled times.”  This is a great endorsement, rebuffing McCain’s falsehoods about Obama’s stance on clean coal technology and echoing the same points I [...]

Montgomery, AL newspaper endorses Obama

I love this because it’s from my (deeply red) state.  From the Montgomery Advertiser:
… the Advertiser believes that Sen. Barack Obama of Illinois, the Democratic nominee, is the better candidate for the presidency on Nov. 4. Obama is a transformational figure, a generation younger than his opponent, a man with both a lively mind and [...]

The Financial Times hopes we elect Obama

The Financial Times may not be a US publication, but it is an internationally respected publication read widely in certain sectors of the US.  On Sunday, the FT issued their endorsement of Obama for president.  From their endorsement:
So this ought to have been a close call. With a week remaining before the election, we cannot [...]

Not a gaffe

I love this story from CNN on why a New Mexico paper already has an issue out declaring, “Obama Wins!” … on purpose ….
For The New Mexico Sun News it is either a major scoop or “Dewey Beats Truman” déjà vu 60 years later.
“Obama Wins!” is the headline of the edition on newsstands now, complete [...]

Anchorage Daily News endorses Obama

It’s 6:30 am and I haven’t had my tea.  Tom and Jerry is playing in the other room and my head’s still a little fuzzy, but I’m pretty damn sure that I am really awake and did really just read this headline at the Anchorage Daily News:
Obama for president:  Palin’s rise captivates us but nation [...]

NY Times endorses Obama

In other not-so-surprising endorsement news, the NY Times has endorsed Obama.  In the endorsement, they talk about the economy, taxes, national security, Constitutional rights, and the candidates themselves.  It is, in essence, a sort of primer for voters who haven’t been paying attention.  From the endorsement:
Given the particularly ugly nature of Mr. McCain’s campaign, the [...]

Two Texas Newspapers Break for Obama

The Houston Chronicle (shout out to Cary and Al) and the Austin American-Statesman have endorsed Obama for President.  I love it when Texas goes for Obama in any way, especially newspapers which endorsed Bush in the past. 
From the Houston Chronicle’s endorsement:
The incoming administration must immediately focus and engage on so many fronts. The tasks at [...]

Endorsement Map

Over at InfoChimps, they’ve created a very cool map of newspaper endorsements, based on data from Editor & Publisher.  The map shows where the endorsements are, what the circulation is, and who got the endorsement in ‘04 (Bush, Kerry, nobody).  Below the map is the current list of endorsements and the top 100 papers that have yet [...]

Another big endorsement: NY Daily News for Obama

The New York Daily News has endorsed Obama for President.  From the endorsement:
Millions of Americans vest great hope in Barack Obama – and there is good reason why. It has been a long time since many have felt the government was in their corner. And here came an accomplished, fresh figure – a black man, [...]

Newspapers breaking for Obama

Obama is winning the newspaper endorsement battle.  The latest endorsements, from the Chicago Sun-Times and the Atlanta Journal-Constitution, both Kerry backers in 2004, bring the lopsided score to 58 for Obama v. 16 for McCain.  The Atlanta paper could be key, as Georgia is now unexpectedly in play.  A surprise endorsement was from The Salt Lake Tribune, which backed [...]