By: Greg Mitchell On a rare day this month, President George W. Bush has topped Sen. John Kerry in the number of new newspaper endorsements, while also grabbing today's biggest prize.
Today?s biggie for Bush: the Boston Herald. Kerry picked up the second largest paper endorsing today, The Honolulu Advertiser, but Bush answered with The Spokesman-Review in Spokane, Wash. In all, we added six papers to Bush?s total and three to Kerry's.
In E&P?s exclusive daily endorsement tally, Kerry continues to lead by a wide margin, with 55 papers backing him, compared to 42 for Bush. The democrat also remains far ahead in total circulation of his endorsers, by about a 9-5 margin. (See chart below.)
Added to the Bush column in addition to the Herald and Spokesman-Review: The Advocate in Newark, Ohio, The Record in Stockton, Calif., the Southwest Times Record in Fort Smith, Ark., and The Reporter in Vacaville, Calif.
Other new support for Kerry came from: the Battle Creek (Mich.) Enquirer and the Charleston (W. Va.) Gazette.
Meanwhile, the world continutes to hold its breath while awaiting endorsements from The Columbus Dispatch and Cleveland's Plain Dealer, both in the swingiest of swing states, Ohio.
As we have noted previously, many of the papers endorsing Bush have expressed qualms, but the Boston Herald declared today that it was 'proudly" backing the president. "And while we are in the unusual position of doing so in the face of the candidacy of a native son," it continued, "our choice was not a close call." The paper called Kerry "simply the wrong man, in the wrong place, at the wrong time."
The Honolulu Advertiser, however, called Kerry "sharp on the issues, clear on his stand on difficult matters such as the war in Iraq and resolute on his domestic agenda."
In key swing state West Virginia, the Charleston Gazette took an unusual stance of declaring that "the health-care crisis is by far the most pressing domestic issue." It said that Kerry understand this far better than Bush, recognizing "that the American middle class cannot grow and thrive when many families cannot afford basic health care or college education for their children."
Here our updated chart, with circulation numbers and indication of who the paper backed in 2000, Bush or Gore (if we know it).
JOHN KERRY
55 newspapers total
9,226,709 daily circulationARIZONA
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
The Fresno Bee (G): 166,531
The Press Democrat (Santa Rosa) (G): 89,384
The Modesto Bee (G): 87,366
Merced Sun-Star: 17,247
COLORADO
Daily Camera (Boulder) (B): 33,419
CONNECTICUT
The Day (New London) (B): 39,553
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
GEORGIA
The Atlanta Journal-Constitution: 418,323
HAWAII
The Honolulu Advertiser (G): 145,943
ILLINOIS
Daily Herald (Arlington Heights) (B): 150,794
IOWA
The Hawk Eye (Burlington) (G): 19,000
KENTUCKY
Lexington Herald-Leader (G): 122,748
MAINE
Portland Press Herald (G): 73,211
MASSACHUSETTS
The Boston Globe (G): 452,109
The Standard-Times (New Bedford): 35,299
MICHIGAN
Detroit Free Press (G): 354,581
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
NEVADA
Nevada Appeal (Carson City): 15,296
NEW MEXICO
The Albuquerque Tribune (B): 13,536
NEW YORK
The New York Times (G): 1,133,763
NORTH CAROLINA
The Charlotte Observer (G): 231,369
The Daily Reflector (Greenville): 25,777
NORTH DAKOTA
Grand Forks Herald (G): 32,385
OHIO
Dayton Daily News (G): 183,175
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
East Oregonian (Pendleton): 10,236
The Daily Astorian (Astoria): 8,429
PENNSYLVANIA
The Philadelphia Inquirer (G): 387,692
The Philadelphia Daily News (G): 139,983
TENNESSEE
The Jackson Sun (G): 35,561
VIRGINIA
The Roanoke Times: 100,447
WASHINGTON
The Seattle Times (B): 237,303
Seattle Post-Intelligencer (G): 150,901
WEST VIRGINIA
Charleston Gazette (G): 49,529
GEORGE W. BUSH
42 newspapers total
5,477,272 daily circulation ALABAMA
Mobile Register (B): 100,244
ARIZONA
The Arizona Republic (Phoenix) (B): 466,926
ARKANSAS
Southwest Times Record (Fort Smith) (B): 37,636
CALIFORNIA
The San Diego Union-Tribune (B): 361,317
The Press-Enterprise (Riverside): 191,802
The Record (Stockton) (B): 62,139
The Reporter (Vacaville) (B): 18,227
COLORADO
Rocky Mountain News (Denver) (B): 286,004
The Pueblo Chieftain: 52,208
GEORGIA
Savannah Morning News (B): 57,288
ILLINOIS
Chicago Tribune (B): 578,843
The Pantagraph (Bloomington) (B): 47,931
The News-Gazette (Champaign-Urbana): 39,190
INDIANA
The Indianapolis Star (B): 253,778
IOWA
Globe-Gazette (Mason City): 18,947
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
NEBRASKA
Omaha World-Herald (B): 197,627
NEVADA
Las Vegas Review-Journal (B): 170,061
NEW HAMPSHIRE
The Union Leader (Manchester) (B): 59,605
NEW MEXICO
Carlsbad Current-Argus (B): 8,030
Las Cruces Sun-News (B): 22,168
NEW YORK
The New York Sun: 18,000
OHIO
The Repository (Canton) (B): 66,014
The Times Reporter (New Philadelphia): 23,956
The Courier (Findlay) (B): 22,319
The Advocate (Newark): 22,217
OKLAHOMA
Tulsa World (B): 139,383
OREGON
The News-Review (Roseburg): 19,272
PENNSYLVANIA
York Daily Record (G): 46,554
TENNESSEE
The Leaf-Chronicle (Clarksville): 22,057
TEXAS
The Dallas Morning News (B): 546,177
San Antonio Express-News (B): 252,889
Fort Worth Star-Telegram (B): 247,167
El Paso Times: 74,278
Amarillo Globe-News (B): 51,105
VIRGINIA
Richmond Times-Dispatch (B): 191,732
The Free Lance-Star (Fredericksburg) (B): 47,866
WASHINGTON
The Spokesman-Review (Spokane) (B): 100,760
The Columbian (Vancouver) (B): 51,498
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