"Harry Krause" wrote in message
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NOYB wrote:
"Harry Krause" wrote in message
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NOYB wrote:
"Harry Krause" wrote in message
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Daily Endorsement Tally: On 'Super Sunday,' Kerry Makes Huge Gains


You are erroneously putting a lot of stock in those endorsements. I
think
that, lately, most people look at the news media with a skeptical
eye...and
an endorsement from a newspaper can have just the opposite effect from
what
the paper had hoped.

Oh, I don't believe newspaper endorsements carry the impact they used
to, but they still are a factor, albeit a minor one. What is interesting
is the growing number of significant papers that endorsed Bush last time
and are now either endorsing Kerry or NOT endorsing anyone.

The major papers in your state are endorsing Kerry...:

FLORIDA
St. Petersburg Times (G): 358,502
The Miami Herald (G): 325,032
South Florida Sun-Sentinel (Ft. Lauderdale) (G): 268,927
The Palm Beach Post (G): 181,727
Daytona Beach News-Journal (G): 112,945
Florida Today (Melbourne) (G): 90,877
Bradenton Herald (B): 52,163
Orlando Sentinel (B):
Sarasota Herald-Tribune (G)

And Bush:

FLORIDA
The Ledger (Lakeland)

I wonder the impact based on the fact that so few people get their news
from
a subscription to a newspaper anymore. I haven't had a paper delivered
to
me since my second year of dental school 8 years ago.

The audited circulaton figures cited above represent more than a million
subscribers, and that doesn't include pass-alongs in their households or
places of business.

I saw an interview the other night with several members of the editorial
board of the Orlando paper. They stated that after much discussion, the
board decided Kerry was better for Florida, the nation, and their paper.

Let's say a newspaper endorsement doesn't mean much these days. Let's
say that of those million plus subscribers, 1% give consideration to
their local newspaper's endorsement and follow the paper's advice.
That would be 10,000 voters.

What do you believe the honest margin will be in Florida next week?

30,000-50,000...and I expect that bump to come from an increase in the
percentage of Jews and blacks supporting Bush vs. his support from those
groups in 2000.