***OFFICIAL ENDORSEMENT THREAD***

[ncrainbowgrrl]

Here's the deal as I see it- there are loads of awesome threads on DU that are linking to endorsements of Dems on local/state/federal level...but they get lost as we all keep posting more and more stories that are out there. I thought it would be cool to have One or Two threads where we could keep them consolidated (probably less possible than i'd wish)...and then we could see how AMAZING it's starting to look as we get even closer to election day.

Anyone care to help me out/try it? I promise- it takes SO FEW minutes of your time! If you see a story on DU with an endorsement in the title- just copy/paste title and a link to the DU post already in existence!!

It's just a suggestion- if it doesn't work, we can scrap the idea, and I won't be offended (I promise!)

-ncrainbowgrrl
gdp moderator

[ncrainbowgrrl]

1. Biden backs Lamont but won't campaign against Lieberman

Rose Siding Sat Oct-28-06 02:45 PM
Original message: http://www.democraticunderground.com/discuss/duboard.php?az=view_all&address=132x2911133
Biden backs Lamont but won't campaign against Lieberman

...Biden also said that while he was supporting his party's candidate for the Senate in Connecticut, Ned Lamont, he would not campaign against Sen. Joseph I. Lieberman, who is running as an independent following his defeat in the August primary.

Biden said Lieberman is a "close personal friend," that his son and Lieberman's son attended Yale together, and that his daughter-in-law was the matron of honor at Lieberman's son's wedding.

"It's a matter of personal honor," he said. "It's not possible for me to campaign against Joe Lieberman."

http://www.journalinquirer.com/site/news.cfm?newsid=173...

Bilmon used a quote that I can't seem to get out of my head today:

The louder he talked of his honor, the faster we counted our spoons.
Ralph Waldo Emerson
The Conduct of Life
1860

[LynneSin]

34. Do you think Connecticutians care what a Delaware senator thinks?

I mean, not like I'm seeing Ned Lamont campaigning down here in Delaware for Tom Carper?

The concept of having a 'Newspaper Endorsement' thread with what Joe Biden does pretty much takes away the purpose of the whole thread.

I respect Joe Biden for what he has done - he has done the right thing by endorsing Lamont but as Sen. Biden has mentioned, he has a long friendship with the Lieberman family

[ncrainbowgrrl]

2. Carney gets Endorsement in PA-10

http://www.democraticunderground.com/discuss/duboard.php?az=view_all&address=132x2913095

[ncrainbowgrrl]

3. St. Pete Times (FL) endorses Jim Davis for Governor

http://www.democraticunderground.com/discuss/duboard.php?az=view_all&address=132x2912680

[ncrainbowgrrl]

4. Sensenbrenner challenger Kennedy gets major newspaper endorsement!

http://www.democraticunderground.com/discuss/duboard.php?az=show_mesg&forum=364&topic_id=2507020&mesg_id=2507020

[wellstone dem]

5. Minneapolis Tribune, St. Paul Pioneer Press, St. Cloud Times endorse Wetterling (MN-6)

http://www.democraticunderground.com/discuss/duboard.php?az=view_all&address=160x22541

http://www.democraticunderground.com/discuss/duboard.php?az=view_all&address=160x22479

http://www.democraticunderground.com/discuss/duboard.php?az=view_all&address=160x22428

[ncrainbowgrrl]

6. NYT Endorses Ned Lamont for Senate !

http://www.democraticunderground.com/discuss/duboard.php?az=view_all&address=103x243110

[ncrainbowgrrl]

7. Weldon's Hometown Paper Endorses Sestak

http://www.democraticunderground.com/discuss/duboard.php?az=view_all&address=132x2912930

[ncrainbowgrrl]

8. AZ Republic- Dem endorsement calls Hayworth a "bully

http://www.democraticunderground.com/discuss/duboard.php?az=view_all&address=103x242854

[JohnnyLib2]

9. Yarmuth endorsed in KY 3

http://www.courier-journal.com/apps/pbcs.dll/article?AID=2006610290392

It's the area's largest newspaper. He could take out Anne Northup, an early and fervent Bushite. Well, until last week when she came out against Rummy.

[Jane Austin]

10. This is a great thread. Thanks for doing it. n/t

[blondeatlast]

24. I second that. Very good idea! nt

[ncrainbowgrrl]

11. Jim Webb for U.S. Senate (Roanoke Times Editorial)

http://www.democraticunderground.com/discuss/duboard.php?az=view_all&address=132x2912489

[Catchawave]

23. Jim Webb for U.S. Senate (Norfolk Virginian-Pilot)

http://www.democraticunderground.com/discuss/duboard.php?az=view_all&address=183x4563

[Catchawave]

25. Jim Webb endorsements:

Listed at his campaign website: http://www.webbforsenate.com/press/endorse.php

News Organizations
The Washington Post The Virginian-Pilot
The Richmond Free Press The Alexandria Times
University of Virginia's Cavalier Daily The Connection Newspapers
Loudoun Times Mirror Gloucester-Matthews Gazette Journal

Organizations
Democratic Latino Organization of Virginia Asian American Action Fund
Virginia Education Association American Federation of Teachers
United Auto Workers Police Benevolent Association
Sierra Club League of Conservation Voters
Legislative Black Caucus Richmond Crusade for Voters
National Association of Letter Carriers United Brotherhood of Carpenters
Laborers' International Union Sheet Metal Workers International Association
International Union of Bricklayers and Allied Craftworkers United Mine Workers of America's Virginia Coal Miners
Virginia AFL-CIO Lynchburg Voters League
Vietnamese-American Veterans Coalition International Association of Fire Fighters

The Armed Forces Community
Retired Army General and '04 Democratic Presidential candidate Wesley Clark Retired USMC General and former Commander of U.S. Central Command Joseph Hoar
Retired USMC General and former Commander of U.S. Central Command Tony Zinni Retired USMC Lt. General and former Commander of Operations, J-3 Staff Gregory Newbold
Retired USMC Lt. General Frank Petersen, the highest-ranking African American in USMC history Lt. Colonel Kate Wilder
Brigadier General Clara Adams-Ender Major General Gail Reals
Navy Captain Barbara Brehm Assistant Secretary of the Air Force Ruby Demesme
Colonel Barbara Lee US Army Major Susan Kellom
Major Susan Yamamoto Major Patricia Anderson
Former Assistant Secretary of the Navy Carolyn Becraft Colonel Lawrence Wilkerson former Chief of Staff to former Secretary of State Colin Powell and special assistant to General Powell when he was Chairman of the U.S. Joint Chiefs of Staff

Individuals:
Governor Tim Kaine
Former Governor Mark Warner Former Governor and Mayor of the City of Richmond Doug Wilder
Congressman Bobby Scott Congressman Rick Boucher
The Honorable Don Beyer, Former Lt. Governor of Virginia Congressman Jim Moran
Former Congresswoman Leslie Byrne Former Congressman Owen Pickett
Reverend Curtis Harris, former Civil Rights marcher with Dr. Martin Luther King, Jr. and a founder of the Southern Christian Leadership Conference, Dr. Milton Reid, retired minister and a former Chairman of the Board of the Virginia Unit of the Southern Christian Leadership Conference

[Clark2008]

12. Wes Clark endorses the following:

Mike Beebe
Candidate for Governor
Arkansas

Chet Culver
Candidate for Governor
Iowa

Eric Massa
Candidate for Congress
New York (NY-29)
"Fighting Dem"

Jim Brandt
Candidate for Congress
California (CA-46)
"Fighting Dem"

Lucy Baxley
Candidate for Governor
Alabama

Coleen Rowley
Candidate for Congress
Minnesota (MN-2)

Ellen Simon
Candidate for Congress
Arizona (AZ-01)

Rev. Jim Nelson
Candidate for Congress
Georgia (GA-01)
"Fighting Dem"

Phil Hare
Candidate for Congress
Illinois (IL-17)
"Fighting Dem"

John Laesch
Candidate for Congress
Illinois (IL-14)
"Fighting Dem"

Dr. David Hunter
Candidate for Congress
Oklahoma(OK-05)

Dan Maffei
Candidate for Congress
New York (NY-25)

Kirsten Gillibrand
Candidate for Congress
New York (NY-20)

Ed Perlmutter
Candidate for Congress
Colorado (CO-07)

Bill Morrison
Candidate for Congress
Tennessee (TN-7)
"Fighting Dem"

Judy Feder
Candidate for Congress
Virginia (VA-10)

Lukin Gilliland
Candidate for Congress
Texas (TX-23)

Harold Ford, Jr.
Candidate for Senate
Tennessee

Mary Beth Harrell
Candidate for Congress
Texas (TX-31)

Al Weed
Candidate for Congress
Virginia (VA-05)
"Fighting Dem"

Mike Callaghan
Candidate for Congress
West Virginia (WV-02)

Scott Kleeb
Candidate for Congress
Nebraska (NE-03)

Chris Murphy
Candidate for Congress
Connecticut (CT-05)

John Salazar
Candidate for Congress
Colorado (CO-03)
"Fighting Dem"

Patrick Murphy
Candidate for Congress
Pennsylvania (PA-08)
"Fighting Dem"

Chet Edwards
Candidate for Congress
Texas (TX-17)

Nick Lampson
Candidate for Congress
Texas (TX-22)

Andrew Duck
Candidate for Congress
Maryland (MD-06)
"Fighting Dem"

Selden Spencer
Candidate for Congress
Iowa (IA-04)

Bruce Braley
Candidate for Congress
Iowa (IA-01)

Ned Lamont
Candidate for Senate
Connecticut

Jim Webb
Candidate for Senate
Virginia

Angie Paccione
Candidate for Congress
Colorado (CO-4)

Jim Pederson
Candidate for Senate
Arizona

Carol Shea-Porter
Candidate for Congress
New Hampshire (NH-1)

Harry Mitchell
Candidate for Congress
Arizona (AZ-5)

Patty Wetterling
Candidate for Congress
Minnesota (MN-6)

Will Pryor
Candidate for Congress
Texas (TX-32)

Tim Walz
Candidate for Congress
Minnesota (MN-1)
"Fighting Dem"

Joe Donnelly
Candidate for Congress
Indiana (IN-2)

Charlie Brown
Candidate for Congress
California (CA-4)
"Fighting Dem"

Tessa Hafen
Candidate for Congress
Nevada (NV-3)

Jon Tester
Candidate for Senate
Montana

Melissa Bean
Candidate for Congress
Illinois (IL-8)

Tim Mahoney
Candidate for Congress
Florida (FL-16)

Joe Sestak
Candidate for Congress
Pennsylvania (PA-7)
"Fighting Dem"

Jack Carter
Candidate for Senate
Nevada
"Fighting Dem"

Mike Weaver
Candidate for Congress
Kentucky (KY-2)
"Fighting Dem"

Phil Kellam
Candidate for Congress
Virginia (VA-2)
"Fighting Dem"

Paul Aronsohn
Candidate for Congress
New Jersey (NJ-5)

Jill Derby
Candidate for Congress
Nevada (NV-2)

Jerry McNerney
Candidate for Congress
California (CA-11)

Bill Durston
Candidate for Congress
California (CA-3)
"Fighting Dem"

Bill Winter
Candidate for Congress
Colorado (CO-6)
"Fighting Dem"

Chris Carney
Candidate for Congress
Pennsylvania (PA-10)
"Fighting Dem"

Woodrow Anderson
Candidate for Congress
Arkansas (AR-3)
"Fighting Dem"

Dan Dodd
Candidate for Congress
Texas (TX-3)
"Fighting Dem"

Jay Fawcett
Candidate for Congress
Colorado (CO-5)
"Fighting Dem"

Leonard Boswell
Candidate for Congress
Iowa (IA-03)

Patricia Madrid
Candidate for Congress
New Mexico (NM-1)

Claire McCaskill
Candidate for Senate
Missouri

Francine Busby
Candidate for Congress
California (CA-50)

Tammy Duckworth
Candidate for Congress
Illinois (IL-06)
"Fighting Dem"

To learn more or contribute, visit: http://securingamerica.com/taxonomy/term/61

[ncrainbowgrrl]

13. wow- thanks for posting that!

lots of info in one place- i like it :-)

[Dinger]

42. We Need Him In Wisconsin Too

Come Wes come!

[ncrainbowgrrl]

14. Gillibrand's first newpaper endorsement (NY20)

http://www.democraticunderground.com/discuss/duboard.php?az=view_all&address=364x2506256

[flpoljunkie]

15. Gainesville Sun endorses Jim Davis for Governor

http://www.gainesville.com/apps/pbcs.dll/article?AID=/20061029/EDITORIALS0101/210290320/1096/editorials

Article published Oct 29, 2006
Oct 29, 2006

Davis for governor

Charlie Crist wants to be Jeb Too. Throughout his campaign for governor, Attorney General Crist has promised to carry on the Jeb Bush legacy.

<>Jeb cut taxes by $20 billion over his 8 years. So Crist promises to cut taxes by another $4 billion. He favors doubling the homestead exemption on property taxes. Even some Republican legislators have criticized that idea as a nonstarter.

For one thing, it would put cities and counties - especially small towns and rural counties - into virtual bankruptcy, and Crist has no plan for replacing those local revenues. It would also increase the tax burden on renters, businesses and owners of second homes who do not qualify for the homestead exemption.

Incidentally, one reason local property taxes have soared in recent years is because Bush and the Legislature helped "pay" for state tax cuts by requiring school boards to increase taxes locally and by forcing cities and counties to take on new unfunded mandates. Floridians can't afford that kind of fiscal shell game to continue any longer.

Jim Davis, the Democrat in this race, also thinks Floridians need property tax relief. But he would go about it in a more reasonable way, insisting that the Legislature restore some of the state revenue sharing that was lost to local governments as Bush slashed taxes on the well-off. That and easing up on unfunded mandates would allow school boards, cities and counties to provide property tax relief without having to gut local services.

Davis is a former state legislator and longtime Tampa Bay congressman who is well prepared for the governor's office. He is a thoughtful political moderate who will be able to work with the Republican Legislature to help resolve some of the problems Florida faces: like the insurance crises, runaway health care costs, growth pressures, an unacceptable high school drop-out rate and an underperforming pre-kindergarten program.

We are particularly impressed with Davis' environmental record. He led the opposition in Congress to drilling for oil and gas in Florida waters and fought for the protection of the Everglades. Bush's Department of Environmental Protection has done a poor job of protecting Florida's environment; Davis will correct that.

Containing rising insurance premiums is going to be a tough nut to crack. Davis has proposed a Hurricane Premium Protection fund to pay for wind-damage claims. It would lessen the risk to insurance companies that are afraid to operate in hurricane-prone Florida, and in non-hurricane years, the fund would earn interest and thereby build up its cash reserves.

In education, Davis wants to stop using the FCAT in blunt instrument fashion to reward some schools and punish others. FCAT can tell us where improvements need to be made, he argues, but it is up to the state to ensure that schools and teachers have the resources they need to raise student achievement. Teacher salaries remain so low that Florida-trained teachers are fleeing to Georgia and other states that pay more.

Davis offers Floridians a fresh start and a needed departure from Jebocracy. Charlie Crist promises more of the same: Jeb Too. For new leadership, elect Jim Davis.

[Catchawave]

16. Great Idea !

Do you want MSM endorsements? Otherwise I have about 600 John Edwards has endorsed, local and state :D

[ncrainbowgrrl]

17. Whatever you'd like-I thought of this as a community project

that DUers from across the country could partcipate in, and get to see some awesome results as Election day drew closer... so, whatever you want to do re:JRE is cool with me.

Maybe one way to break it down is a new post for JRE endorsements by state or region? :shrug:

Thanks for helping, by the way! :applause:

[Catchawave]

21. I vote we acknowledge *only* MSM endorsements

play by LBN rules and keep a list pinned on top of GD-P for the next 9 or so days.

Hope that made sense :hi:

[ncrainbowgrrl]

22. I like that idea- other thoughts?

:hi:

[proud patriot]

18. Contra Costa Times California

http://www.contracostatimes.com/mld/cctimes/news/politics/elections/15575446.htm

I'm pretty dissappointed :(

[ncrainbowgrrl]

19. John Hall (NY-19th) endorsed by Journal News (Westchester/Rockland) . . .*

*(this is John's third major newspaper endorsment in the past week in a traditionally Republican district) . . .

http://www.democraticunderground.com/discuss/duboard.php?az=view_all&address=364x2511006

[SouthernBelle82]

20. Harold Ford Jr

has been on the cover of Newsweek with his campaign and also here in Chattanooga the Times Free Press endorsed him instead of former Chattanooga mayor Bob Corker.

[thatsrightimirish]

26. Jim Webb

Daily Press endorses Webb http://www.dailypress.com/news/opinion/dp-61364sy0oct29,0,756457.story?coll=dp-opinion-editorials

[ncrainbowgrrl]

27. Boston Globe, two other newspapers pick Patrick (MA Gov)

http://www.democraticunderground.com/discuss/duboard.php?az=view_all&address=132x2913464

[ncrainbowgrrl]

28. Best newspaper in FL, the St. Pete Times, endorses Jim Davis for Governor!

http://www.democraticunderground.com/discuss/duboard.php?az=view_all&address=145x8342

[ncrainbowgrrl]

29. Baltimore Sun endorses O'Malley/Brown for Governor.

http://www.democraticunderground.com/discuss/duboard.php?az=view_all&address=157x4295

[ncrainbowgrrl]

30. Pioneer Press dumps Bachmann, endorses Wetterling (MN-6)

http://www.democraticunderground.com/discuss/duboard.php?az=view_all&address=160x22479

[ncrainbowgrrl]

31. Forest Lake Times- endorsed Mark Kennedy in '04, now endorses Wetterling(MN-6)

http://www.democraticunderground.com/discuss/duboard.php?az=view_all&address=160x22433

[ncrainbowgrrl]

32. NY-13: NY Times endorses Democrat Stephen Harrison!

http://www.democraticunderground.com/discuss/duboard.php?az=view_all&address=169x6989

[cnlst8]

33. NY Times Endorses Menendez for NJ Senate

http://www.nytimes.com/2006/10/30/opinion/30mon2.html?ex=1319864400&en=21f95eb4f8856d30&ei=5090&partner=rssuserland&emc=rss

[ncrainbowgrrl]

35. Florida - Nelson shuts out Harris (22 daily papers out of 22 for Nelson).

http://www.democraticunderground.com/discuss/duboard.php?az=view_all&address=364x2516390

[ncrainbowgrrl]

36. Not only does ADN endorse Tony Knowles but =SHOCKER= so does Voice of the Times !?!? (Alaska Gov)

http://www.democraticunderground.com/discuss/duboard.php?az=view_all&address=138x1753

[Heidi]

37. Kicked

and recommended.

:kick:

[ncrainbowgrrl]

38. Greensboro (NC) News-Record endorses Brad Miller (D,NC-13) vs. challenger Vernon Robinson

http://www.democraticunderground.com/discuss/duboard.php?az=show_mesg&forum=132&topic_id=2916188&mesg_id=2916188

[ncrainbowgrrl]

40. Raleigh News and Observer also endorsing Brad Miller! (NC-13)

http://www.newsobserver.com/opinion

[ncrainbowgrrl]

39. excellent (!) endorsement for Mel Watt (NC-12) -Greensboro, NC- News-Record

http://www.democraticunderground.com/discuss/duboard.php?az=view_all&address=132x2916226

[ncrainbowgrrl]

41. Raleigh News and Observer endorses (D) incumbents- (NC-2-Rep. Bob Etheridge. NC-4-Rep. David Price)

:bounce: