Tag: endorsements

An updated list of major paper endorsement flips to Romney.

Data mostly from here, and updated. Note that these are major paper flips.  Swing state paper flips are more problematical, largely because what’s definable as a ‘swing state’ is shifting fairly drastically in the GOP’s definition right now…

The Daily News (New York) 
Newsday (Long Island, NY)
Houston Chronicle
Star-Telegram (Fort Worth, TX)
Orlando Sentinel
Sun-Sentinel (Ft. Lauderdale, FL)
The Tennessean (Nashville)
The Des Moines Register
 Daily Herald (Arlington Heights, IL)
Daily News (Los Angeles)
Wisconsin State Journal (Madison, WI)
Press-Telegram (Los Angeles County, CA)

There aren’t very many national papers that haven’t endorsed, and I suspect that the ones that haven’t yet, won’t. I find it… interesting… that the Atlanta Journal-Constitution and the New Orleans Times-Picayune are apparently going to sit this one out, after endorsing Obama in 2008; assuming, of course, that they don’t do their endorsements late. It’s also interesting that there hasn’t been much movement the other way…

Keeping track of switched endorsements: 10/21/2012.

[UPDATE: The list that I’m using purports to be the top 100 newspapers by circulation.  I’m not really using it as a resource – it doesn’t update often enough – but I had to use something and I’m sure that if it and I miss a high-circulation newspaper somebody will tell me.]

[ANOTHER UPDATE: Yes, yes, YES, the New York Observer flipped, too.  It’s just not on the highest-circulation list I’m using.  Sorry.]

Below are the newspapers that have endorsed Romney in 2012 that also endorsed Obama in 2008 (sorted in order of their ranking here).  I’ll be updating this list as I and they go.

I also expect a certain amount of snarling, bluster, and/or brassy nervousness from the Other Side over the list in question… especially as the list of switchers gets longer.  Which it will.

Moe Lane

PS: What’s that? Oh, yes, newspaper endorsements don’t have the luster that they once did.  Then again: neither does Barack Obama.

Two good pickups for Tim Pawlenty.

In the endorsement wars, we have one formal one, and one all-but-one. Both were probably about equally welcome to Pawlenty.

The formal one was Republican Congressman Joe Wilson of South Carolina: it’s notable both for the person (Rep. Wilson is rather well-liked in conservative circles for pointing out for the record that President Obama is a liar) and the location (South Carolina is an early primary state).  I don’t know if Pawlenty expects to win Iowa or not – there’s currently a good bit of discussion over just how important ethanol is to Iowans – but he certainly needs to win either New Hampshire, South Carolina, or both.  Depending on which politicians show up to the RedState Gathering in August, I may have some interesting answers as to what they think Pawlenty’s chances are in that state.  I’m certainly going to be asking the Governor herself that. Continue reading Two good pickups for Tim Pawlenty.