Endorsements Going Obama's Way

With the polls and momentum still in Obama's favor, Obama is also banking unprecedented endorsements. Two former Bush administration officials have recently endorsed Obama. A vast majority of national and state newspapers have endorsed Obama after supporting Bush in 2004.

The conservative Chicago Tribune which has never endorsed a Democratic candidate in their long history recently endorsed Obama.

Barack Obama is taking in newspaper endorsements by an almost three to one ratio over John McCain. On Thursday, The New York Times endorsed Senator Barack Obama.

The endorsement by The New York Times comes as no shock given John McCain's disdain for the paper and the recent Democratic endorsements the paper has made.

While newspaper endorsements usually have little impact on presidential races, in 2004 Bush won more of the important swing states where he had major newspaper endorsements.

McCain scored a big win this week by getting the endorsement of the Detroit News. Obama was endorsed by the Detroit Free Press the week before. Editor and Publisher, a journal covering the newspaper industry, puts the endorsement tally at 127-49 in Obama's favor.

In 2004, John Kerry barely edged out Bush with endorsements. In 2004, Kerry got 213 endorsements and Bush got 205.

27 newspapers have switched from Bush to Obama in 2008 while only 4 papers have switched from Kerry to McCain.

Since Sunday, two former Bush administration officials have endorsed Senator Obama. Former Secretary of State Colin Powell endorsed Obama Sunday on Meet the Press. On Thursday, Obama also scored the endorsement of alienated former press secretary Scott McClellan.

McClellan wrote a tell all book about his experience in the Bush White House and the Bush Administration did what they could to distance themselves from the former press secretary.

While McClellan maybe an outcast to the White House and Republicans, Colin Powell is still certainly respected by many. GOP crossover endorsements have been popular this election as moderate Republicans and even conservative Republicans grow tired of McCain's tactics.

With the election less than two weeks away there is very little going the way of John McCain. McCain needs more than endorsements but anything to show that people still have faith in him probably would not hurt.

Here is a list of which papers have endorsed candidates, some have chosen to stay out of the endorsement business. The list is from Editor and Publisher.com

(N)=No endorsement in 2004
(B)=Bush endorsement in 2004
(K)=Kerry endorsement in 2004

BARACK OBAMA
127 daily newspapers total
More than 13,900,000 daily circulation total

ALABAMA (1)
Tuscaloosa News (K): 32,768

CALIFORNIA (26)
The Argus (Fremont) (K): 26,749
Contra Costa Times (Walnut Creek) (K): 183,086
Daily Breeze (Torrance) (B): 66,599
Daily News (Los Angeles) (K): 137,344
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
Long Beach Press Telegram (B): 85,595
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
Oakland Tribune (K): 96,535
Pasadena Star-News (B): 27,894
San Gabriel Valley Tribune (B): 40,051
San Mateo Daily Journal: 14,800
The (Stockton) Record (B): 57,486
The Sacramento Bee (K): 288,755
San Bernardino 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 (B): 29,759

COLORADO (8)
Aspen Daily News (K): 12,500
The Aurora Sentinel (K): 46,000
Boulder Camera (K): 28,994
Cortez Journal (K): 6,700
The Denver Post (B): 225,193
The Durango Herald (K): 8,870
Gunnison Country Times (N): 4,000
Ouray County Plaindealer (K): 3,000

CONNECTICUT (1)
New Haven Register (B): 72,613

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

FLORIDA (6)
Daytona Beach News-Journal (K): 99,627
Miami Herald (K): 240,223
Naples Daily-News (B): 66,272
Orlando Sentinel (K): 227,593
The Palm Beach Post (K): 164,474
Sarasota Herald-Tribune (K): 114,904

GEORGIA (1)
Atlanta Journal-Constitution (K): 326,907

HAWAII (1)
Honolulu Star-Bulletin (K): 64,305

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

ILLINOIS (5)
Chicago Tribune (B): 541,663
Chicago Sun-Times (K): 312,274
Daily Herald (Arlington) (K): 143,152
Rockford Register Star (K): 55,913
Southwest News-Herald (K): 9,300

INDIANA (2)
The Journal Gazette (Fort Wayne) (K): 64,304
Palladium-Item (Richmond) (B): 15,453

IOWA (3)
The Hawk Eye (Burlington) (K): 18,921
Mason City Globe Gazette (B): 17,666
The Storm Lake Times (K): 3,200

KENTUCKY (1)
Lexington Herald-Leader (K):109,624

MAINE (2)
Bangor Daily News (K): 55,627
Brunswick Times-Record (K): 9,317

MASSACHUSETTS (3)
The Boston Globe (K): 350,605
>>> North Adams Transcript
The Standard-Times (New Bedford) (K): 30,306

MICHIGAN (3)
Detroit Free Press (K): 308,944
Michigan Chronicle (Detroit): 31,872
The Muskegon Chronicle (K): 41,114

MINNESOTA (1)
St. Cloud Times (K): 25,868

MISSOURI (3)
Columbia Daily Tribune (K): 18,131
The Kansas City Star (K): 252,785
St. Louis Post-Dispatch (K): 255,057

NEVADA (1)
Las Vegas Sun (K): 174,341

NEW HAMPSHIRE (2)
Concord Monitor (K): 19,885
Nashua Telegraph (K): 24,272

NEW JERSEY (1)
Asbury Park Press (Neptune) (B): 140,882

NEW MEXICO (2)
Las Cruces Sun-News (B): 21,341
Santa Fe New Mexican (K): 25,249

NEW YORK (4)
Buffalo News (K): 178,365
Daily News (B): 703,137
>>> The Daily Star (Oneonta) (K)
el Diario (K): 53,856

NORTH CAROLINA (5)
Asheville Citizen-Times (K): 50,160
The Daily Reflector (Greenville) (K): 21,703
Durham Herald-Sun (N): 32,845
News & Observer (Raleigh) (K): 176,083
Wilmington Star-News (K): 47,620

OHIO (9)
Akron Beacon-Journal (K): 119,929
The Blade (Toledo) (K): 119,901
Dayton Daily News (K): 116,690
Hamilton Journal-News (B): 19,432
Middletown Journal: 17,285
The Repository (Canton) (B): 65,789
The Times-Reporter (New Philadelphia) (B): 22,428
Springfield News-Sun (K): 24,684
The Plain Dealer (Cleveland) (N): 330,280

OREGON (6)
The Daily Astorian (Astoria) (K): 8,263
Mail Tribune (Medford) (K): 30,349
The Oregonian (Portland) (K): 304,399
Register-Guard (Eugene) (K): 67,400
Statesman-Journal (Salem) (K): 47,152
Yamhill Valley News-Register (McMinnville) (B): 10,921

PENNSYLVANIA (4)
The Daily Item (Sunbury) (N): 24,879
The Express-Times (Easton) (B): 44,561
Philadelphia Inquirer (K): 334,150
Pittsburgh Post-Gazette (K): 214,374

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

TEXAS (5)
Austin American-Statesman (B): 170,309
The Eagle (Bryan-College Station): 21,654
Houston Chronicle (B): 494,131
>>> Longview News-Journal (K)
The Lufkin Daily News (K): 12,225

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

VERMONT (1)
Burlington Free Press (K): 41,901

VIRGINIA (1)
Falls Church News-Press (K): 30,500
>>>Virginia Gazette

WASHINGTON (8)
The Columbian (B): 44,623
>>> The News Tribune (Tacoma) (K)
The Olympian (Olympia) (K): 30,755
Seattle Post-Intelligencer (K): 129,563
The Seattle Times (K): 220,883
Tri-City Herald (K): 40,830
Walla Walla Union-Bulletin (K): 13,624
Yakima Herald-Republic (B): 38,077

WEST VIRGINIA (2)
The Charleston Gazette (K): 48,061
Huntington Herald-Dispatch (K): 27,463

WISCONSIN (2)
The Capital Times (Madison) (K): 16,335
Wisconsin State Journal (Madison) (B): 87,930

JOHN McCAIN
49 daily newspapers total
More than 3,926,000 daily circulation total

CALIFORNIA (5)
Bakersfield Californian (B) 59,433
Napa Valley Register (B): 16,283
Riverside Press-Enterprise (B): 164,189
The San Francisco Examiner (B): 80,000
San Diego Union-Tribune (B): 288,669

COLORADO (4)
Mountain Valley News (Cedaredge): 2,000
The Daily Sentinel (Grand Junction) (B): 31,349
The Pueblo Chieftain (B): 49,169
Daily Times-Call (Longmont) (B): 21,127

CONNECTICUT (1)
>>> The Register Citizen (Torrington) (B)

DISTRICT OF COLUMBIA (1)
The Washington DC Examiner (N): 100,073

FLORIDA (4)
Bradenton Herald (K): 48,618
>>> Cape Coral Daily Breeze
Palatka Daily News: 11,000
Tampa Tribune: 220,522

IOWA (1)
The Messenger (Fort Dodge) (B): 16,355

MARYLAND (1)
The Baltimore Examiner (N): 50,000

MASSACHUSETTS (2)
Boston Herald (B): 182,350
The (Lowell) Sun (B): 44,439

MICHIGAN (1)
>>> The Detroit News

MINNESOTA (1)
The Journal (New Ulm) (B): 7,920

NEW HAMPSHIRE (2)
Foster’s Daily Democrat (B): 22,547
Union Leader (Manchester) (B): 51,782

NEW MEXICO (1)
Roswell Daily Record: 11,700

NEVADA (1)
Las Vegas Review-Journal (B): 174,341

NEW YORK (1)
New York Post (B): 702,488

NORTH DAKOTA (1)
Fargo Forum (B): 48,303

OHIO (2)
Columbus Dispatch (B): 199,524
The (Findlay) Courier (B): 22,319


OKLAHOMA (1)
Bartlesville Examiner-Enterprise: 18,400


OREGON (1)
Bend Bulletin (B): 32,455

PENNSYLVANIA (2)
Public Opinion (Chambersburg) (N): 16,679
The Sentinel (Lewistown) (B): 11,863

TENNESSEE (3)
The Chattanooga Free Press (B): 71,716
The Jackson Sun (K): 32,121
The Leaf-Chronicle (Clarksville) (B): 20,354

TEXAS (8)
Amarillo Globe-News (B): 44,764
Beaumont Enterprise (B): 45,684
Corpus Christi Caller-Times (K): 53,368
Dallas Morning News (B): 368,313
The Lubbock Avalanche-Journal (B): 49,094
San Antonio Express-News (B): 225,447
Times Record News (Wichita Falls) (N): 28,888
Tyler Morning Telegraph: 35,598

VIRGINIA (3)
The Daily News Record (Harrisonburg): 30,908
Daily Press (Newport News) (K): 91,508
The Winchester Star (B): 20,218

WASHINGTON (1)
(Spokane) Spokesman-Review (B): 89,779

WEST VIRGINIA (1)
Wheeling News-Register (B): 12,821

WEEKLIES / COLLEGE

BARACK OBAMA (9)
Arkansas Times (Little Rock)
The Chronicle (Duke University)
>>> Cincinnati CityBeat
City Newspaper (Rochester, NY)
>>> Independent Weekly (North Carolina)
>>>New York Observer
>>>News-Register (McMinnville, OR)
>>> Santa Monica Mirror (California)
Windsor Beacon (Colorado)

JOHN McCAIN (2)
Wharton Journal-Spectator (Texas)
>>> River Falls Journal (Wisconsin)

CHOOSING TO MAKE NO ENDORSEMENT (5)

Colorado Springs Gazette (N)
>>> Mountain Home News (Idaho)
Springfield News-Leader
>>> The Record Searchlight (California)
>>> Waco Tribune Herald (Texas)