WTF!! Idaho Statesman endorses Kerry (had been for Bush in '00)

[WI_DEM]

http://www.dailykos.com/story/2004/10/25/125050/71

They say they endorse him with reluctance and regret--regret because they expected better from Bush, but his snap decisions and shoot from the hip style has divided the nation and world.

[havocmom]

1. Keep trying to tell you guys, the red states are not that red these days

The heartland is not in the bag from what I have observed.

[Birthmark]

2. Damn that liberal media! Damn them!

[RubyDuby in GA]

3. Really....

Why do they hate America?

[gcomeau]

4. Newspapers endorsements abandoning Bush is a common theme this election.

Something like 35 papers that endorsed Bush in 2000 have endorsed Kerry so far this year.

-Grant

[Birthmark]

6. Voters abandoning Bush is a common theme this election

Or it will be a common theme in nine days. :)

[NewYorkerfromMass]

5. Just looking forward to hosting the winter WH

when the Heinz-Kerrys go skiing! :)

[Iceburg]

7. Good that makes a total of 42 defections (4.1 Million Circulation)

Newspapers that switched to Kerry from Bush in 2000

State..... Newspaper............ Circulation
StateProv Newspaper Circulation
CA Los Angeles Daily News ( 178360
CA Contra Costa Times ( 182541
CA Ventura County Star ( 99425
CA Santa Cruz Sentinel ( 26063
CO Daily Camera (Boulder) ( 33031
CT The Day (New London) ( 41113
CT Stamford Advocate ( 38558
FL Bradenton Herald ( 52163
FL Orlando Sentinel ( 257191
IA Des Moines Register ( 152885
IA Press Citizen (Iowa City) ( 14803
IA Quad City Times (Davenport) ( 51876
ID Idaho Statesman ( 64934
IL Arlington Heights Daily Herald ( 150364
IL Chicago Sun-Times ( 410000
IL Rockford Register-Star ( 66249
MA Worchester Telegram ( 102592
ME Bangor Daily News ( 63611
MI Muskegon Chronicle ( 46769
MI Flint Journal ( 84897
MO Columbia Daily Tribune ( 18411
MO Columbia Daily Tribune ( 18411
MT Billings Gazette ( 46980
NM Albuquerque (NM) Tribune ( 14373
NY Star-Gazette (Elmira) ( 28834
OR Oregonian (Portland) ( 342040
PA Allentown Morning-Call ( 111594
TN Memphis Commercial Appeal (TN) ( 157820
TX Crawford (TX) Lone Star Iconoclast (Weekly) ( 500
WA Walla Walla Union Bulletin ( 14409
WA The Sun (Bremerton) ( 30370
WA Seattle Times ( 237303
WA The Star (Grand Coulee) ( 3577
WA Tri-City Herald (Kennewick) ( 41246
WI Wausau Daily Herald ( 22840
Bush Defections to Kerry ( 3,206,133 )

1 Million join the ABB club...

Newspapers who endorsed Bush in 2000, who refuse to endorse anyone this year

NC Winston-Salem Journal ( 85266 )
FL Tampa Tribune ( 224220 )
MI Detroit News ( 227392 )
TX Wichita Falls Times Record News ( 32005 )
PA Harrisburg Patriot-News ( 101322 )
VA Clinch Valley Times ( 2100 )
LA Times-Picayune ( 253610 )
We ain't with ya this year George .... ( 925,915 )