Monday, October 27, 2008

Newspaper endorsements

How important are they?

Over the weekend the New York Times came out in favour of Barack Obama.

Editor and Publisher have been doing a great job in following which paper has been endorsing which candidate and this morning reports

The Obama lead in editorial endorsements this year turned into a landslide, even a rout today, as dozens of additional papers backed him, compared to the relative handful for McCain


In fact says the piece

Obama still leads by almost 3-1 in all editorial endorsements. Updated with the latest from today his lead stands at 180 to 75.


Maybe though the most embarrassing is the news that the Anchorage Daily News paper of the home state of Sarah Palin has come out in favour of the Democrats

Gov. Palin's nomination clearly alters the landscape for Alaskans as we survey this race for the presidency -- but it does not overwhelm all other judgment. The election, after all is said and done, is not about Sarah Palin, and our sober view is that her running mate, Sen. John McCain, is the wrong choice for president at this critical time for our nation.

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