I find it rather ironic that I'm using this from E&P when Greg Mitchell has that ad over there. Love your work Greg!
NEW YORK With exactly three weeks until voters have their say in this year’s presidential race, many newspapers cast their editorial endorsements in the past few days, as we chronicled here. As in 2004, E&P will be charting every editorial endorsement, and presenting a chart showing the tally so far -- and circulation numbers for each paper.
In today's update, Barack Obama gains six papers -- including the Boston Globe -- while McCain picks up two. So far, the Obama-Biden ticket leads with 34 editorial endorsements, with the McCain-Palin lagging far behind with 13. It's too early to project, but in 2004, John Kerry barely edged George W. Bush in endorsements, by about 220 to 205.
In another important measure: Obama has so far won the backing from six papers that endorsed the GOP candidate in 2004, while McCain has earned no flip-flops. Taking a look at the newspapers’ combined daily circulations, McCain trails badly.
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