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Sen. John Kerry continued his raid on newspapers that backed President Bush in 2000, grabbing 24 new "flip-flops," plus The Washington Post, which was a major supporter of the war in Iraq. The Democrat has now won endorsements from at least 35 papers that went for Bush in 2000, while Bush has earned only two Gore papers.
However, Bush got a prize in the key state of Ohio, The Columbus Dispatch.
Kerry now leads Bush 125-96 in endorsements in E&P's exclusive tally, and he leads by about 16 million to 10 million in the circulation of backing papers.
And more setbacks for Bush: The Detroit News, which has never endorsed a Democrat, and which backed Bush in 2000, announced that it would sit out the 2004 election, not happy with either candidate. The Times-Picayune in New Orleans, another Bush backer in 2000, said the same thing today in an editorial titled "No One to Champion." A third Bush supporter in 2000, The Patriot-News in Harrisburg, Pa., also declared neutrality today.
The Chicago Sun-Times, the Daily News in Los Angeles, the Orlando Sentinel, and The Commercial-Appeal in Memphis, Tenn., were among the 24 papers that backed Bush in 2000 but today chose Kerry.
For his part, Bush gained the key Columbus, Ohio, paper. In its editorial, the Dispatch said it was "less than enthused about the choices." It said it was troubled by Bush's fiscal policies and the war in Iraq but said that neither Kerry's Senate record nor "his shifting positions during the presidential campaign inspire confidence that he would provide the strong, resolute leadership America desperately needs."
Bush also picked up the Houston Chronicle and The Denver Post, the latter in a switch from Gore in 2000. William Dean Singleton, now the publisher of that paper, is known as a strong Bush supporter. His MediaNews Group also owns the Daily News in Los Angeles, which Singleton allowed to go for Kerry.
In addition to those already mentioned, Kerry today grabbed 20 other papers from the Bush 2000 column, with the endorsement of The Morning Call in Allentown, Pa.; The Stamford (Conn.) Advocate; The (White Plains) Journal News and (Elmira) Star-Gazette in New York; the Quad City Times in Davenport, Iowa; the Rockford (Ill.) Register-Star; the Contra Costa Times (Walnut Creek), Ventura County Star, and Santa Cruz Sentinel in California; The Idaho Statesman in Boise; Iowa City Press-Citizen; the Telegram & Gazette in Worcester, Mass.; The Flint (Mich.) Journal; the Tri-City Herald (Kennewick) and The (Bremerton) Sun and Walla Walla Union-Bulletin in Washington; The Wausau (Wis.) Daily Herald; the Billings (Mont.) Gazette; and the Bangor (Maine) Daily News.
The Daily News in New York appeared to endorse Kerry today but it was hard to tell: The paper did nothing but bash Bush for several paragraphs without once mentioning his opponent's name.
Meanwhile, E&P has learned from several sources at The Plain Dealer in Cleveland that the paper's nine-person editorial board decided earlier this week that it wanted to endorse Kerry, but Publisher Alex Machaskee, who has final say, has decided on Bush. The paper backed Bush in 2000.
This has caused consternation in some quarters at the Plain Dealer, with sources telling E&P that the endorsement editorial, which was expected to run Sunday, was put off. One editor told E&P that some at the paper are pushing for, at least, a dissenting pro-Kerry column.
OTHER KERRY PICKUPS SUNDAY INCLUDED: The Pittsburgh Post-Gazette and Centre Daily Times (State College) in hotly contested Pennsylvania; The (Hackensack) Record and The (Newark) Star-Ledger in New Jersey; The Blade in Toledo, Ohio; The (Raleigh) News & Observer and Asheville Citizen Times in North Carolina; Newsday (Melville), the Rochester Democrat and Chronicle, The Buffalo News, and The (Glens Falls) Post-Star in New York; The Des Moines Register in Iowa; The Courier-Journal in Louisville, Ky.; the Daily Southtown in Chicago, Ill.; Daily Press in Newport News, Va.; The (Nashville) Tennesean; The Santa Fe New Mexican; The Times in Shreveport, La.; The Macon (Ga.) Telegraph; and the Portsmouth Herald and The (Nashua) Telegraph in New Hampshire.
BUSH BACKING: Bush, however, retained the Austin American-Statesman and Houston Chronicle in his home Texas; The Cincinnati Enquirer and The Cincinnati Post; The Hartford (Conn.) Courant; the Press-Telegram in Long Beach, Calif.; the Arkansas Democrat-Gazette in Little Rock; the Lincoln (Neb.) Journal Star; The Express-Times of Easton, Pa.; Sioux City (Iowa) Journal; The Oklahoman in Oklahoma City; and The Forum in Fargo, N.D.
Special thanks to Teresa LaLoggia and dozens of others for sending along the latest endorsements.
Here is our updated chart, state by state, including new arrivals from Sunday. You will find many circulation numbers and an indication of who the paper backed in 2000, Bush or Gore (if we know it).
JOHN KERRY
ALABAMA
The Anniston Star (G): 26,527
Decatur Daily (G): 23,641
ARIZONA
Arizona Daily Star (Tucson) (G): 109,592
CALIFORNIA
San Francisco Chronicle (G): 501,135
The Sacramento Bee (G): 303,841
San Jose Mercury News (G): 279,539
Contra Costa Times (Walnut Creek) (B): 186,335
Daily News (Los Angeles) (B): 178,044
The Fresno Bee (G): 166,531
Ventura County Star (B): 93,664
The Press Democrat (Santa Rosa) (G): 89,384
The Modesto Bee (G): 87,366
The Oakland Tribune (G): 67,807
Santa Cruz Sentinel (B): 26,136
Merced Sun-Star: 17,247
COLORADO
Daily Camera (Boulder) (B): 33,419
The Coloradoan (Ft. Collins): 28,415
Durango Herald: 8,621
CONNECTICUT
The Day (New London) (B): 39,553
The Stamford Advocate (B): 27,350
DISTRICT OF COLUMBIA
The Washington Post: 772,553
FLORIDA
St. Petersburg Times (G): 358,502
The Miami Herald (G): 325,032
Orlando Sentinel (B): 269,269
South Florida Sun-Sentinel (Ft. Lauderdale) (G): 268,927
The Palm Beach Post (G): 181,727
Sarasota Herald-Tribune (G): 121,272
Daytona Beach News-Journal (G): 112,945
Florida Today (Melbourne) (G): 90,877
Bradenton Herald (B): 52,163
GEORGIA
The Atlanta Journal-Constitution: 418,323
The Macon Telegraph: 65,871
HAWAII
The Honolulu Advertiser (G): 145,943
IDAHO
The Idaho Statesman (Boise) (B): 65,714
ILLINOIS
Chicago Sun-Times (B): 486,936
Daily Herald (Arlington Heights) (B): 150,794
Rockford Register-Star (B): 65,685
Daily Southtown (Chicago): 48,858
INDIANA
The Journal Gazette (Fort Wayne) (G): 61,205
IOWA
The Des Moines Register (G): 155,898
Quad City Times (Davenport) (B): 53,872
The Hawk Eye (Burlington) (G): 19,000
Iowa City Press-Citizen: 15,077
KANSAS
Hutchinson News: 32,625
KENTUCKY
The Courier-Journal (Louisville) (G): 216,934
Lexington Herald-Leader (G): 122,748
LOUISIANA
The Times (Shreveport): 66,614
MAINE
Portland Press Herald (G): 73,211
Bangor Daily News (B): 61,337
Kennebec Journal (Augusta): 14,845
MASSACHUSETTS
The Boston Globe (G): 452,109
Telegram & Gazette (Worcester) (B): 103,586
The Republican (Springfield): 84,694
The Standard-Times (New Bedford): 35,299
MICHIGAN
Detroit Free Press (G): 354,581
The Flint Journal (B): 84,313
Lansing State Journal: 73,594
The Muskegon Chronicle (B): 46,505
Battle Creek Enquirer: 24,831
The Argus-Press (Owosso): 11,438
MINNESOTA
Star Tribune (Minneapolis) (G): 377,058
Duluth News Tribune: 45,688
The Free Press (Mankato): 21,591
MISSOURI
St. Louis Post-Dispatch (G): 281,198
The Kansas City Star (G): 269,188
Columbia Daily Tribune (B): 18,874
MONTANA
Billings Gazette (B): 47,849
NEVADA
Reno Gazette-Journal: 66,073
Las Vegas Sun (G): 34,407
Nevada Appeal (Carson City): 15,296
NEW HAMPSHIRE
The Telegraph (Nashua): 26,762
Concord Monitor (G): 19,984
Portsmouth Herald: 13,551
NEW JERSEY
The Star-Ledger (Newark) (G): 407,945
The Record (Hackensack) (G): 171,251
The Times (Trenton): 73,235
NEW MEXICO
The Santa Fe New Mexican (G): 25,308
The Albuquerque Tribune (B): 13,536
NEW YORK
The New York Times (G): 1,133,763
Newsday (Melville) (G): 580,346
The Buffalo News (G): 201,900
Rochester Democrat and Chronicle (G): 169,697
The Journal-News (White Plains) (B): 142,145
The Post-Star (Glens Falls): 33,608
Star-Gazette (Elmira) (B): 28,826
NORTH CAROLINA
The Charlotte Observer (G): 231,369
The News & Observer (Raleigh) (G): 173,329
Asheville Citizen Times: 55,982
The Daily Reflector (Greenville): 25,777
NORTH DAKOTA
Grand Forks Herald (G): 32,385
Bismarck Tribune: 27,111
OHIO
Dayton Daily News (G): 183,175
The Blade (Toledo) (G): 139,293
Akron Beacon Journal (G): 139,220
OREGON
The Oregonian (Portland) (B): 342,040
Mail Tribune (Medford): 35,524
The Register-Guard (Eugene) (G): 72,411
Statesman Journal (Salem): 56,298
East Oregonian (Pendleton): 10,236
The Daily Astorian (Astoria): 8,429
PENNSYLVANIA
The Philadelphia Inquirer (G): 387,692
Pittsburgh Post-Gazette (G): 245,065
The Philadelphia Daily News (G): 139,983
The Morning Call (Allentown) (B): 131,110
Centre Daily Times (State College): 25,354
TENNESSEE
The Jackson Sun (G): 35,561
The Commercial-Appeal (Memphis) (B): 189,961
The Tennessean (Nashville): 205,158
TEXAS
Waco Tribune-Herald: 40,699
The Lufkin Daily News: 14,608
VIRGINIA
The Virginian-Pilot (Norfolk) (G): 201,473
The Roanoke Times: 100,447
Daily Press (Newport News): 95,228
WASHINGTON
The Seattle Times (B): 237,303
Seattle Post-Intelligencer (G): 150,901
Walla Walla Union-Bulletin (B): 14,275
The Sun (Bremerton) (B): 30,731
Tri-City Herald (Kennewick) (B): 42,285
WEST VIRGINIA
Charleston Gazette (G): 49,529
WISCONSIN
The Wausau Daily Herald (B): 22,757
The Journal Times (Racine): 29,264
GEORGE W. BUSH
ALABAMA
Mobile Register (B): 100,244
Birmigham News: 153,195
Huntsville Times: 55,951
ARIZONA
The Arizona Republic (Phoenix) (B): 466,926
ARKANSAS
Arkansas Democrat-Gazette (Little Rock) (B): 187,601
Southwest Times Record (Fort Smith) (B): 37,636
CALIFORNIA
The San Diego Union-Tribune (B): 361,317
The Press-Enterprise (Riverside): 191,802
Press-Telegram (Long Beach): 96,466
The Bakersfield Californian: 71,495
The Record (Stockton) (B): 62,139
The Reporter (Vacaville) (B): 18,227
COLORADO
The Denver Post (G): 286,197
Rocky Mountain News (Denver) (B): 286,004
The Pueblo Chieftain: 52,208
Daily Times-Call (Longmont): 21,465
Loveland Daily Reporter-Herald: 17,548
Daily Record (Canon City): 8,164
CONNECTICUT
The Hartford Courant: 187,394
DISTRICT OF COLUMBIA
The Washington Times (B): 100,228
FLORIDA
The Ledger (Lakeland): 75,539
Ocala Star-Banner: 51,489
GEORGIA
Augusta Chronicle: 71,724
Savannah Morning News (B): 57,288
ILLINOIS
Chicago Tribune (B): 578,843
Springfield State Journal-Register: 57,212
The Pantagraph (Bloomington) (B): 47,931
The News-Gazette (Champaign-Urbana): 39,190
Southern Illinoisan (Carbondale): 28,173
The Journal-Standard (Freeport): 13,693
INDIANA
The Indianapolis Star (B): 253,778
Evansville Courier-Press: 69,003
IOWA
Cedar Rapids Gazette: 63,578
Sioux City Journal: 41,929
Globe-Gazette (Mason City): 18,947
KENTUCKY
Bowling Green Daily News: 21,555
MARYLAND
Easton Star Democrat: 16,667
MASSACHUSETTS
Boston Herald (B): 248,988
The Sun (Lowell) (B): 50,369
MICHIGAN
The Grand Rapids Press (B): 139,216
The Oakland Press (Pontiac): 65,484
Macomb Daily (Mount Clemens): 43,584
Herald Palladium (St. Joseph): 23,423
Midland Daily News: 16,076
NEBRASKA
Omaha World-Herald (B): 197,627
Lincoln Journal Star: 75,679
NEVADA
Las Vegas Review-Journal (B): 170,061
NEW HAMPSHIRE
The Union Leader (Manchester) (B): 59,605
Foster's Daily Democrat (Dover): 22,995
NEW JERSEY
Asbury Park Press (Neptune): 161,937
NEW MEXICO
Las Cruces Sun-News (B): 22,168
Farmington Daily Times: 18,144
Carlsbad Current-Argus (B): 8,030
NEW YORK
New York Post (B): 678,012
The New York Sun: 53,688
NORTH CAROLINA
The Enterprise-Record (Mocksville): 11,800
NORTH DAKOTA
The Forum (Fargo): 52,238
OHIO
The Columbus Dispatch (B): 371,551
The Cincinnati Enquirer: 216,509
The Repository (Canton) (B): 66,014
The Cincinnati Post: 40,618
The Times Reporter (New Philadelphia): 23,956
The Courier (Findlay) (B): 22,319
The Advocate (Newark): 22,217
OKLAHOMA
The Oklahoman (Oklahoma City): 223,403
Tulsa World (B): 139,383
OREGON
The News-Review (Roseburg): 19,272
Daily Courier (Grants Pass): 16,392
PENNSYLVANIA
The Express-Times (Easton): 50,439
York Daily Record (G): 46,554
Altoona Mirror: 32,339
SOUTH CAROLINA
Spartanburg Herald-Journal: 50,386
SOUTH DAKOTA
Sioux Falls Argus Leader: 54,700
TENNESSEE
The Leaf-Chronicle (Clarksville): 22,057
TEXAS
Houston Chronicle (B): 549,300
The Dallas Morning News (B): 546,177
San Antonio Express-News (B): 252,889
Fort Worth Star-Telegram (B): 247,167
Austin American-Statesman: 184,907
El Paso Times: 74,278
Amarillo Globe-News (B): 51,105
UTAH
Salt Lake Tribune: 135,730
VIRGINIA
Richmond Times-Dispatch (B): 191,732
The Free Lance-Star (Fredericksburg) (B): 47,866
News Advance (Lynchburg): 37,447
Daily News-Record (Harrisonburg): 32,202
Danville Bee: 21,701
WASHINGTON
The Spokesman-Review (Spokane) (B): 100,760
The Columbian (Vancouver) (B): 51,498
The Chronicle (Centralia): 14,524
WEST VIRGINIA
Charleston Daily Mail (B): 34,539
Parkersburg News: 23,558
The Intelligencer (Wheeling): 20,689
Bluefield Daily Telegraph: 19,877
WISCONSIN
Oshkosh Northwestern (B): 21,748
The Chippewa Herald (Chippewa Falls) (B): 6,804
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If Bush is such a fine leader, why are SO many people leaving him or declaring neutrality? It just doesn't make sense!!!
However, Bush got a prize in the key state of Ohio, The Columbus Dispatch.
Kerry now leads Bush 125-96 in endorsements in E&P's exclusive tally, and he leads by about 16 million to 10 million in the circulation of backing papers.
And more setbacks for Bush: The Detroit News, which has never endorsed a Democrat, and which backed Bush in 2000, announced that it would sit out the 2004 election, not happy with either candidate. The Times-Picayune in New Orleans, another Bush backer in 2000, said the same thing today in an editorial titled "No One to Champion." A third Bush supporter in 2000, The Patriot-News in Harrisburg, Pa., also declared neutrality today.
The Chicago Sun-Times, the Daily News in Los Angeles, the Orlando Sentinel, and The Commercial-Appeal in Memphis, Tenn., were among the 24 papers that backed Bush in 2000 but today chose Kerry.
For his part, Bush gained the key Columbus, Ohio, paper. In its editorial, the Dispatch said it was "less than enthused about the choices." It said it was troubled by Bush's fiscal policies and the war in Iraq but said that neither Kerry's Senate record nor "his shifting positions during the presidential campaign inspire confidence that he would provide the strong, resolute leadership America desperately needs."
Bush also picked up the Houston Chronicle and The Denver Post, the latter in a switch from Gore in 2000. William Dean Singleton, now the publisher of that paper, is known as a strong Bush supporter. His MediaNews Group also owns the Daily News in Los Angeles, which Singleton allowed to go for Kerry.
In addition to those already mentioned, Kerry today grabbed 20 other papers from the Bush 2000 column, with the endorsement of The Morning Call in Allentown, Pa.; The Stamford (Conn.) Advocate; The (White Plains) Journal News and (Elmira) Star-Gazette in New York; the Quad City Times in Davenport, Iowa; the Rockford (Ill.) Register-Star; the Contra Costa Times (Walnut Creek), Ventura County Star, and Santa Cruz Sentinel in California; The Idaho Statesman in Boise; Iowa City Press-Citizen; the Telegram & Gazette in Worcester, Mass.; The Flint (Mich.) Journal; the Tri-City Herald (Kennewick) and The (Bremerton) Sun and Walla Walla Union-Bulletin in Washington; The Wausau (Wis.) Daily Herald; the Billings (Mont.) Gazette; and the Bangor (Maine) Daily News.
The Daily News in New York appeared to endorse Kerry today but it was hard to tell: The paper did nothing but bash Bush for several paragraphs without once mentioning his opponent's name.
Meanwhile, E&P has learned from several sources at The Plain Dealer in Cleveland that the paper's nine-person editorial board decided earlier this week that it wanted to endorse Kerry, but Publisher Alex Machaskee, who has final say, has decided on Bush. The paper backed Bush in 2000.
This has caused consternation in some quarters at the Plain Dealer, with sources telling E&P that the endorsement editorial, which was expected to run Sunday, was put off. One editor told E&P that some at the paper are pushing for, at least, a dissenting pro-Kerry column.
OTHER KERRY PICKUPS SUNDAY INCLUDED: The Pittsburgh Post-Gazette and Centre Daily Times (State College) in hotly contested Pennsylvania; The (Hackensack) Record and The (Newark) Star-Ledger in New Jersey; The Blade in Toledo, Ohio; The (Raleigh) News & Observer and Asheville Citizen Times in North Carolina; Newsday (Melville), the Rochester Democrat and Chronicle, The Buffalo News, and The (Glens Falls) Post-Star in New York; The Des Moines Register in Iowa; The Courier-Journal in Louisville, Ky.; the Daily Southtown in Chicago, Ill.; Daily Press in Newport News, Va.; The (Nashville) Tennesean; The Santa Fe New Mexican; The Times in Shreveport, La.; The Macon (Ga.) Telegraph; and the Portsmouth Herald and The (Nashua) Telegraph in New Hampshire.
BUSH BACKING: Bush, however, retained the Austin American-Statesman and Houston Chronicle in his home Texas; The Cincinnati Enquirer and The Cincinnati Post; The Hartford (Conn.) Courant; the Press-Telegram in Long Beach, Calif.; the Arkansas Democrat-Gazette in Little Rock; the Lincoln (Neb.) Journal Star; The Express-Times of Easton, Pa.; Sioux City (Iowa) Journal; The Oklahoman in Oklahoma City; and The Forum in Fargo, N.D.
Special thanks to Teresa LaLoggia and dozens of others for sending along the latest endorsements.
Here is our updated chart, state by state, including new arrivals from Sunday. You will find many circulation numbers and an indication of who the paper backed in 2000, Bush or Gore (if we know it).
JOHN KERRY
ALABAMA
The Anniston Star (G): 26,527
Decatur Daily (G): 23,641
ARIZONA
Arizona Daily Star (Tucson) (G): 109,592
CALIFORNIA
San Francisco Chronicle (G): 501,135
The Sacramento Bee (G): 303,841
San Jose Mercury News (G): 279,539
Contra Costa Times (Walnut Creek) (B): 186,335
Daily News (Los Angeles) (B): 178,044
The Fresno Bee (G): 166,531
Ventura County Star (B): 93,664
The Press Democrat (Santa Rosa) (G): 89,384
The Modesto Bee (G): 87,366
The Oakland Tribune (G): 67,807
Santa Cruz Sentinel (B): 26,136
Merced Sun-Star: 17,247
COLORADO
Daily Camera (Boulder) (B): 33,419
The Coloradoan (Ft. Collins): 28,415
Durango Herald: 8,621
CONNECTICUT
The Day (New London) (B): 39,553
The Stamford Advocate (B): 27,350
DISTRICT OF COLUMBIA
The Washington Post: 772,553
FLORIDA
St. Petersburg Times (G): 358,502
The Miami Herald (G): 325,032
Orlando Sentinel (B): 269,269
South Florida Sun-Sentinel (Ft. Lauderdale) (G): 268,927
The Palm Beach Post (G): 181,727
Sarasota Herald-Tribune (G): 121,272
Daytona Beach News-Journal (G): 112,945
Florida Today (Melbourne) (G): 90,877
Bradenton Herald (B): 52,163
GEORGIA
The Atlanta Journal-Constitution: 418,323
The Macon Telegraph: 65,871
HAWAII
The Honolulu Advertiser (G): 145,943
IDAHO
The Idaho Statesman (Boise) (B): 65,714
ILLINOIS
Chicago Sun-Times (B): 486,936
Daily Herald (Arlington Heights) (B): 150,794
Rockford Register-Star (B): 65,685
Daily Southtown (Chicago): 48,858
INDIANA
The Journal Gazette (Fort Wayne) (G): 61,205
IOWA
The Des Moines Register (G): 155,898
Quad City Times (Davenport) (B): 53,872
The Hawk Eye (Burlington) (G): 19,000
Iowa City Press-Citizen: 15,077
KANSAS
Hutchinson News: 32,625
KENTUCKY
The Courier-Journal (Louisville) (G): 216,934
Lexington Herald-Leader (G): 122,748
LOUISIANA
The Times (Shreveport): 66,614
MAINE
Portland Press Herald (G): 73,211
Bangor Daily News (B): 61,337
Kennebec Journal (Augusta): 14,845
MASSACHUSETTS
The Boston Globe (G): 452,109
Telegram & Gazette (Worcester) (B): 103,586
The Republican (Springfield): 84,694
The Standard-Times (New Bedford): 35,299
MICHIGAN
Detroit Free Press (G): 354,581
The Flint Journal (B): 84,313
Lansing State Journal: 73,594
The Muskegon Chronicle (B): 46,505
Battle Creek Enquirer: 24,831
The Argus-Press (Owosso): 11,438
MINNESOTA
Star Tribune (Minneapolis) (G): 377,058
Duluth News Tribune: 45,688
The Free Press (Mankato): 21,591
MISSOURI
St. Louis Post-Dispatch (G): 281,198
The Kansas City Star (G): 269,188
Columbia Daily Tribune (B): 18,874
MONTANA
Billings Gazette (B): 47,849
NEVADA
Reno Gazette-Journal: 66,073
Las Vegas Sun (G): 34,407
Nevada Appeal (Carson City): 15,296
NEW HAMPSHIRE
The Telegraph (Nashua): 26,762
Concord Monitor (G): 19,984
Portsmouth Herald: 13,551
NEW JERSEY
The Star-Ledger (Newark) (G): 407,945
The Record (Hackensack) (G): 171,251
The Times (Trenton): 73,235
NEW MEXICO
The Santa Fe New Mexican (G): 25,308
The Albuquerque Tribune (B): 13,536
NEW YORK
The New York Times (G): 1,133,763
Newsday (Melville) (G): 580,346
The Buffalo News (G): 201,900
Rochester Democrat and Chronicle (G): 169,697
The Journal-News (White Plains) (B): 142,145
The Post-Star (Glens Falls): 33,608
Star-Gazette (Elmira) (B): 28,826
NORTH CAROLINA
The Charlotte Observer (G): 231,369
The News & Observer (Raleigh) (G): 173,329
Asheville Citizen Times: 55,982
The Daily Reflector (Greenville): 25,777
NORTH DAKOTA
Grand Forks Herald (G): 32,385
Bismarck Tribune: 27,111
OHIO
Dayton Daily News (G): 183,175
The Blade (Toledo) (G): 139,293
Akron Beacon Journal (G): 139,220
OREGON
The Oregonian (Portland) (B): 342,040
Mail Tribune (Medford): 35,524
The Register-Guard (Eugene) (G): 72,411
Statesman Journal (Salem): 56,298
East Oregonian (Pendleton): 10,236
The Daily Astorian (Astoria): 8,429
PENNSYLVANIA
The Philadelphia Inquirer (G): 387,692
Pittsburgh Post-Gazette (G): 245,065
The Philadelphia Daily News (G): 139,983
The Morning Call (Allentown) (B): 131,110
Centre Daily Times (State College): 25,354
TENNESSEE
The Jackson Sun (G): 35,561
The Commercial-Appeal (Memphis) (B): 189,961
The Tennessean (Nashville): 205,158
TEXAS
Waco Tribune-Herald: 40,699
The Lufkin Daily News: 14,608
VIRGINIA
The Virginian-Pilot (Norfolk) (G): 201,473
The Roanoke Times: 100,447
Daily Press (Newport News): 95,228
WASHINGTON
The Seattle Times (B): 237,303
Seattle Post-Intelligencer (G): 150,901
Walla Walla Union-Bulletin (B): 14,275
The Sun (Bremerton) (B): 30,731
Tri-City Herald (Kennewick) (B): 42,285
WEST VIRGINIA
Charleston Gazette (G): 49,529
WISCONSIN
The Wausau Daily Herald (B): 22,757
The Journal Times (Racine): 29,264
GEORGE W. BUSH
ALABAMA
Mobile Register (B): 100,244
Birmigham News: 153,195
Huntsville Times: 55,951
ARIZONA
The Arizona Republic (Phoenix) (B): 466,926
ARKANSAS
Arkansas Democrat-Gazette (Little Rock) (B): 187,601
Southwest Times Record (Fort Smith) (B): 37,636
CALIFORNIA
The San Diego Union-Tribune (B): 361,317
The Press-Enterprise (Riverside): 191,802
Press-Telegram (Long Beach): 96,466
The Bakersfield Californian: 71,495
The Record (Stockton) (B): 62,139
The Reporter (Vacaville) (B): 18,227
COLORADO
The Denver Post (G): 286,197
Rocky Mountain News (Denver) (B): 286,004
The Pueblo Chieftain: 52,208
Daily Times-Call (Longmont): 21,465
Loveland Daily Reporter-Herald: 17,548
Daily Record (Canon City): 8,164
CONNECTICUT
The Hartford Courant: 187,394
DISTRICT OF COLUMBIA
The Washington Times (B): 100,228
FLORIDA
The Ledger (Lakeland): 75,539
Ocala Star-Banner: 51,489
GEORGIA
Augusta Chronicle: 71,724
Savannah Morning News (B): 57,288
ILLINOIS
Chicago Tribune (B): 578,843
Springfield State Journal-Register: 57,212
The Pantagraph (Bloomington) (B): 47,931
The News-Gazette (Champaign-Urbana): 39,190
Southern Illinoisan (Carbondale): 28,173
The Journal-Standard (Freeport): 13,693
INDIANA
The Indianapolis Star (B): 253,778
Evansville Courier-Press: 69,003
IOWA
Cedar Rapids Gazette: 63,578
Sioux City Journal: 41,929
Globe-Gazette (Mason City): 18,947
KENTUCKY
Bowling Green Daily News: 21,555
MARYLAND
Easton Star Democrat: 16,667
MASSACHUSETTS
Boston Herald (B): 248,988
The Sun (Lowell) (B): 50,369
MICHIGAN
The Grand Rapids Press (B): 139,216
The Oakland Press (Pontiac): 65,484
Macomb Daily (Mount Clemens): 43,584
Herald Palladium (St. Joseph): 23,423
Midland Daily News: 16,076
NEBRASKA
Omaha World-Herald (B): 197,627
Lincoln Journal Star: 75,679
NEVADA
Las Vegas Review-Journal (B): 170,061
NEW HAMPSHIRE
The Union Leader (Manchester) (B): 59,605
Foster's Daily Democrat (Dover): 22,995
NEW JERSEY
Asbury Park Press (Neptune): 161,937
NEW MEXICO
Las Cruces Sun-News (B): 22,168
Farmington Daily Times: 18,144
Carlsbad Current-Argus (B): 8,030
NEW YORK
New York Post (B): 678,012
The New York Sun: 53,688
NORTH CAROLINA
The Enterprise-Record (Mocksville): 11,800
NORTH DAKOTA
The Forum (Fargo): 52,238
OHIO
The Columbus Dispatch (B): 371,551
The Cincinnati Enquirer: 216,509
The Repository (Canton) (B): 66,014
The Cincinnati Post: 40,618
The Times Reporter (New Philadelphia): 23,956
The Courier (Findlay) (B): 22,319
The Advocate (Newark): 22,217
OKLAHOMA
The Oklahoman (Oklahoma City): 223,403
Tulsa World (B): 139,383
OREGON
The News-Review (Roseburg): 19,272
Daily Courier (Grants Pass): 16,392
PENNSYLVANIA
The Express-Times (Easton): 50,439
York Daily Record (G): 46,554
Altoona Mirror: 32,339
SOUTH CAROLINA
Spartanburg Herald-Journal: 50,386
SOUTH DAKOTA
Sioux Falls Argus Leader: 54,700
TENNESSEE
The Leaf-Chronicle (Clarksville): 22,057
TEXAS
Houston Chronicle (B): 549,300
The Dallas Morning News (B): 546,177
San Antonio Express-News (B): 252,889
Fort Worth Star-Telegram (B): 247,167
Austin American-Statesman: 184,907
El Paso Times: 74,278
Amarillo Globe-News (B): 51,105
UTAH
Salt Lake Tribune: 135,730
VIRGINIA
Richmond Times-Dispatch (B): 191,732
The Free Lance-Star (Fredericksburg) (B): 47,866
News Advance (Lynchburg): 37,447
Daily News-Record (Harrisonburg): 32,202
Danville Bee: 21,701
WASHINGTON
The Spokesman-Review (Spokane) (B): 100,760
The Columbian (Vancouver) (B): 51,498
The Chronicle (Centralia): 14,524
WEST VIRGINIA
Charleston Daily Mail (B): 34,539
Parkersburg News: 23,558
The Intelligencer (Wheeling): 20,689
Bluefield Daily Telegraph: 19,877
WISCONSIN
Oshkosh Northwestern (B): 21,748
The Chippewa Herald (Chippewa Falls) (B): 6,804
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If Bush is such a fine leader, why are SO many people leaving him or declaring neutrality? It just doesn't make sense!!!
