Newspaper Endorsements
BARACK OBAMA
134 daily newspapers total
More than 15 million 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 (9)
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
Vail Daily: 10,525
CONNECTICUT (1)
New Haven Register (B): 72,613
DELAWARE (1)
The News Journal (Wilmington) (K): 110,171
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 (6)
Chicago Tribune (B): 541,663
Chicago Sun-Times (K): 312,274
Daily Herald (Arlington) (K): 143,152
Lake County News-Sun (Waukegan) (B): 16,899
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 (2)
The Ledger Independent (Maysville)
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: 5,949
The Standard-Times (New Bedford) (K): 30,306
MICHIGAN (3)
Detroit Free Press (K): 308,944
Michigan Chronicle (Detroit) (N): 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): 14,391
el Diario (K): 53,856
The New York Times (K)
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
OKLAHOMA
Muskogee Phoenix (K)
OREGON (7)
Corvallis Gazette-Times: 12,092
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 (5)
The Daily Item (Sunbury) (N): 24,879
The Express-Times (Easton) (B): 44,561
Philadelphia Daily News (K)
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): 27,590
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
WASHINGTON (8)
The Columbian (B): 44,623
The News Tribune (Tacoma) (K): 111,778
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 (3)
The Capital Times (Madison) (K): 16,335
Stevens Point Journal
Wisconsin State Journal (Madison) (B): 87,930
JOHN McCAIN
52 daily newspapers total
More than 4,139,700 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): 8,217
DISTRICT OF COLUMBIA (1)
The Washington DC Examiner (N): 100,073
FLORIDA (4)
Bradenton Herald (K): 48,618
Cape Coral Daily Breeze: 2,015
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: 188,171
MINNESOTA (1)
The Journal (New Ulm) (B): 7,920
NEBRASKA (1)
McCook Daily Gazette: 5,903
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
SOUTH CAROLINA (1)
The State (Columbia) (B)
TENNESSEE (3)
The Chattanooga Free Press (B): 71,716
The Jackson Sun (K): 32,121
The Leaf-Chronicle (Clarksville) (B): 20,354
TEXAS (9)
Amarillo Globe-News (B): 44,764
Beaumont Enterprise (B): 45,684
Corpus Christi Caller-Times (K): 53,368
Dallas Morning News (B): 368,313
Kerrville Daily Times: 8,971
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
OBAMA (18)
Arkansas Times (Little Rock)
The Bowdoin Orient (Bowdoin College)
The Chronicle (Duke University)
Cincinnati CityBeat
City Newspaper (Rochester, NY)
EPG News
Hoy
Hunterdon Review (Clinton, NJ)
Independent Weekly (North Carolina)
New York Observer
News-Register (McMinnville, OR)
The Pacific Northwest Inlander (Spokane, WA)
San Diego CityBeat
Santa Barbara Independent (California)
Santa Monica Mirror (California)
The Virginia Gazette (Williamsburg)
Windsor Beacon (Colorado)
Metro Santa Cruz (California)
JOHN McCAIN (4)
The Garden City News (New York)
Lampasas Dispatch Record (Texas)
River Falls Journal (Wisconsin)
Wharton Journal-Spectator (Texas)
CHOOSING NOT TO ENDORSE (7)
Abilene Reporter-News
Colorado Springs Gazette
Fort Meyers News-Press
Mountain Home News (Idaho)
Springfield News-Leader
The Record Searchlight (California)
Waco Tribune Herald (Texas)
B - Endorsed Bush in 2004
K - Endorsed Kerry in 2004
Wow...my "hometown newspaper," The New Haven Register - endorsed Obama!
The Register has always been a "Republican" newspaper, and I can't
remember it ever endorsing a Democrat.
Here's what the Register said:
EDITORIAL: Barack Obama for president
Sunday, October 19, 2008 6:42 AM EDT
A year ago, John McCain, the Republican candidate for president, would
have had our vote. In terms of experience, political courage and
willingness to work with political opponents, McCain's record towered
above that of Barack Obama, the Democratic candidate.
Obama, 47, has been a senator less than four years. McCain, 72, was
first elected to the Senate in 1986. McCain famously bucked his party
and the president on drilling in the Arctic National Wildlife Refuge,
global warming, Iraq policy and the torture of terrorism suspects. Obama
has a nearly perfect party line voting record, one of the most liberal
in the Senate.
Obama would throw out the secret ballot in union recognition elections
and opposes free trade agreements that will increase American business
and bolster U.S. allies.
McCain worked with Democrats to enact campaign finance reform, end a
logjam on judicial nominees and on a failed immigration compromise.
Obama skipped the work on the judicial nomination stalemate and helped
undermine the immigration bill.
On top of his political record, McCain is an American war hero — his
character tested and proved during the five years he was a prisoner
during the Vietnam War after being shot down while serving as a Navy
fighter pilot.
But this admirable man has transformed himself into a partisan
Republican at a time when the public temper demands a change of
political climate, and his unregulated market beliefs lay in shambles
along with many of the world's financial systems.
There is too much truth to be ignored in the Democrats' charge that
electing McCain would mean, in effect, a third term for the failed
policies of the Bush administration.
McCain's selection of Sarah Palin as his vice-presidential running mate
is confirmation of that fear. The governor of Alaska is utterly
unqualified to be next in line as president of the United States. Her
selection was a purely political choice, without regard to the national
interest.
Palin's opposition to abortion, even in the case of rape or incest, is a
reminder of the Republicans' willingness to use government to intrude on
deeply personal choices when they controlled Congress. McCain shares her
abortion stance.
Equally troubling is McCain's choice of a running mate who thinks
creationism should be taught as an alternative to evolution, invokes God
to justify political decisions and suggested banning books from her
town's library.
On the campaign trail, Obama's measured performance wins praise compared
with McCain's erratic actions, including the brief suspension of his
campaign during the congressional debate of the $700 billion financial
bailout legislation.
McCain now wants to make permanent the Bush tax cuts that he once
opposed. Those cuts have largely favored the rich and helped fuel the
federal budget deficit. Obama would shift the balance to put more of the
tax burden on the rich, where it belongs. Under Obama's tax plan, a
married couple with two children and a gross income of $1 million would
pay $35,500 more in taxes. Under McCain's plan, they would pay $6,100
less, according to a Wall Street Journal analysis.
If a choice must be made, Obama's health care plan is preferable, too.
He would build on the current system, in which most Americans get health
coverage through their employer.
McCain would throw out that system, with individuals finding their own
health care coverage and receiving a tax credit to help pay part of the
cost. The McCain plan would mean many would have to pay more for
coverage or settle for reduced benefits. Further, the McCain plan is
more costly. Obama's health care plan would cost about $100 billion a
year in its first years, McCain's $160 billion, according to independent
estimates.
On Iraq, McCain deserves credit for arguing for the troop surge that has
brought a fragile stability to the country. Obama's 16-month timetable
for withdrawing combat troops is too rigid.
But, McCain's emphasis on American "victory" in Iraq is out of step with
Iraq's transformation into a sovereign state that wants U.S. troops to
leave as soon as possible.
Neither candidate has dealt seriously with how to save either Medicare
or Social Security from insolvency. Indeed, fixing the two entitlement
programs is not even among their top priorities.
Neither candidate has indicated how the government's spending of well
over $1 trillion on financial bailout measures will affect their plans
for new government spending.
If Obama met all his campaign spending promises, it would add $286
billion to $413 billion to the national deficit; McCain's spending would
add $167 billion to $259 billion, according to the Committee for a
Responsible Budget.
In their second debate, McCain said he would go forward with all his
programs. Obama, at least, suggested a need for priorities.
Obama has proven a disciplined campaigner and a brilliantly effective
orator. After eight years with a Republican in the White House, a fresh
perspective is needed. Barack Obama should be the next president of the
United States.
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