Senate 2010 - Let the Race Begin

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I had planned on framing out the Senate, 2010, once the Senate, 2009, was set. I wanted to start with Pennsylvania, not just because I live here, but because the potential cast of characters is just so rich. Arlen Spector, once a Democrat, now a Republican, cancer survivor, and he'll be fun to watch during the first Supreme confirmation hearing. Maybe Pat Toomey will take him on again in the primary.

Fast Eddie Rendell, ALWAYS fun to watch. (And when I get around to the race, I'm going to tell the story of the first time I met Ed: trust me, things like that don't happen every day.) Chris Matthews, the wild card.



But that's waiting because, as Matt reported, John has already announced that he's running in 2010 to keep his Arizona seat.

My first question is: which John is going to run?

The John that ran in 2004 was still the 2000 McCain. Actual McCain, not McShame. Now, a lot of his record is an open book: his temper, his pandering to the evangelical base, his flip-flopping on issues (drill, baby dril) that ran counter to his long-held record, and an outing of his uber-conservative record on things like being anti-choice, and anti-birth control. Fresh in the minds of his constituency will be how he votes in 2009 on economic packages. Arizona is one of the states hardest hit by the foreclosure crisis: will he vote to bail them out, or a the no-oversight/no-intervention Republican he was this year?

The field he'll run against will be rich. Most likely, popular Governor Janet Napolitano (term limited) will be on the primary ballot.

Professionals wait for polls, and wait until things are closer to increase their odds of being right. Me, I'm a blogger, so I feel no such compunction.

I'm not convinced John runs. And if he does, I'm positive he loses. There are a lot of reasons: changing demographics, his age and medical history, his changing position on immigration which is an important issue in Arizona. But mostly, it's his position on earmarks that will bring him down.

In 2009, Senators and Congressmen/women will be fighting for dollars to bring home. As will mayors, industries, and everybody else. There is going to be a huge stimulus package, and the ability to shore up local economies is going to be critical.

Earmarks may or may not be a good way to do business: when it's seed money, as it has been for decades in West Virginia and Alaska, it works very well. In other cases, it's just pure pork which benefits very few actual citizens. But in the worst economic meltdown since the Great Depression, come out against helping your constituency?

Stick a fork in 'em, turn 'em over, he's done.

We'll still have McCain to kick around...

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After much speculation that his failed presidential bid would be his last campaign, Sen. John McCain (R-Ariz.) has decided to run for re-election to his Senate seat in 2010.-Roll Call

Joint statement from President-elect Barack Obama and U.S. Senator John McCain

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Just out from the Transition Team:

“At this defining moment in history, we believe that Americans of all parties want and need their leaders to come together and change the bad habits of Washington so that we can solve the common and urgent challenges of our time. It is in this spirit that we had a productive conversation today about the need to launch a new era of reform where we take on government waste and bitter partisanship in Washington in order to restore trust in government, and bring back prosperity and opportunity for every hardworking American family. We hope to work together in the days and months ahead on critical challenges like solving our financial crisis, creating a new energy economy, and protecting our nation’s security.”

President-elect Obama to meet with McCain on Monday

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"On Monday, President-elect Barack Obama and Senator John McCain will meet in Chicago at transition headquarters. It's well known that they share an important belief that Americans want and deserve a more effective and efficient government, and will discuss ways to work together to make that a reality. They will be joined in the meeting by Senator Lindsey Graham and Congressman Rahm Emanuel."

I hear that Lieberman was invited but he couldn't decide which side of the table to sit at.

Never Stop Having Fun With Numbers

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This is the FEC form for the McCain-Palin Compliance Fund. It shows more than $9 million put away by the campaign to pay for the audit. By law, because the campaign took 84 million Federal dollars (read: our tax dollars) to fund itself, the FEC is required to undertake an audit.

It could take years. McCain will have to defend himself over it. And yes, "the wardrobe" will come under scrutiny.

Add this to the problems McCain had earlier in applying for Federal funds during the primary, and then not actually receiving them, but in the interim using the promise of the funds to secure a loan, AND get on the Ohio primary ballot. But like I said, the process could take years.

And no, the Obama-Biden campaign will likely not be subject to an audit, as it took no Federal funds. It could happen, but it's highly unlikely.

McCain on Leno

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I would have let this pass, except for the article in today's Wall Street Journal. The opening line is:

Where's John McCain's honor when we need it?

McGurn's article goes on to bring up some important questions. For example, will McCain express outrage over the information on Spunky which has emanated from his campaign? Will McCain acknowledge that the only huge bump his campaign had was after her introduction?

McGurn's contention is that McCain, if he is a man of honour, would actually take some responsibility for what happened in the campaign.

The article made me ask myself whether there was anything that McCain could have done to win the 2008 election. I think about this strictly from a strategic perspective: I worked long and hard for the Obama-Biden ticket, and believe that NO ONE could have won against the Obama campaign juggernaut.

In First Read this morning, they crunched some numbers. They indicated that not only did Obama WIN by outperforming Kerry, but McCain LOST by underperforming Bush. From the First Read e-mail:

-- Obama received approximately 34,000 fewer votes in Ohio than John Kerry. McCain received nearly 350,000 votes less than Bush in 2004.
-- In Florida, McCain received about 25,000 fewer votes than Bush in '04, but Obama found another 540,000 votes over the Kerry total.
-- In Wisconsin, McCain received 220,000 fewer votes than Bush, while Obama outperformed Kerry by about 180,000 votes.
-- In Virginia, McCain received 10,000 more total vote than Bush in 2004, but Obama found another 500,000 votes over the Kerry '04 performance.
-- In North Carolina, McCain outdid Bush by about 150,000 votes from 2004, but Obama bested the Kerry number by nearly 600,000.
-- In New Mexico, McCain received about 33,000 fewer votes than Bush, while Obama outdid Kerry by close to 100,000 votes.
-- A similar story in Nevada, where McCain received 7,000 fewer votes than Bush in 2004, while Obama surpassed the Kerry total by approx. 135,000 votes.
-- In Iowa, McCain came up about 74,000 votes short of the Bush total, while Obama soared passed Kerry's vote total by about 70,000 votes.
-- In Colorado, both McCain and Obama surpassed the '04 vote totals: McCain beat Bush by about 18,000 votes, while Obama topped Kerry by about 215,000 votes.

So, was there anything McCain could have done to LOSE LESS? I believe there was. First, he could have courted Mittens back in the spring when McCain became presumptive. He could have announced his veep choice way ahead of what is common, and the two of them could have barnstormed the country: McCain talking security, Mittens talking economy and health care.

Remember, while the great crash of September came as a surprise to many, the foreclosure crisis had been an open discussion topic for a long time. In addition, Mittens was Governor of Massachusetts when the health care plan was passed. Sure, it has its problems, but it works better than what came before, and, with modifications, could work on a larger scale.

The discussion would have been on issues, not Spunky. When Obama talked health care, Mittens could have talked health care. When the economy crashed and burned, Mittens would have had a measure of gravitas. Granted, his views are not our views, but compared to the economic brain trust headed by Phil Gramm, Mitt could have held sway. And to many of those stay-at-home Republicans, it might have been enough to get them to the polls. It would not have overcome the deficit caused by the Obama win, but it might have been less of a loss.

Another Senate Question

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John McCain is still a Senator. What role should he have now in the Senate, vis-à-vis the new administration? He used to be someone who had a certain level of independence. Okay, actually that’s most related to working with Russ Feingold on the campaign finance reform legislation, but we’ll let that pass.

My first question, of course is, how do John and Joe work things out? TLB is detested by most of the Democratic Senators (not to mention, um, us regular folk) and John cannot be all that beloved by his people. Do they make a joint decision to function as a form of “independent bridge” between the parties? This could conceivably initially serve to aid in negotiations over the economic policies Obama will want to enact. (Yes, I am certainly cognizant of the fact that we have a majority in both Chambers, but a little bi-partisanship, at least initially, will go a long way to the implementation of the programs for which we are all clamouring. A strategic decision, somewhat more that a political decision.)

If John and Joe decide to act as a pack, what does that do to how they work with both caucuses? Remember the “Gang of Fourteen”? Is it possible that John and Joe could form an actual “third ring” within the Senate? If so, does that make working across the aisle easier or harder? Would something like that be a pathway to bipartisanship, or the start of a tri-party system?

Also, remember that John is the ranking Republican on Armed Services. Both he and TLB have a vision for Iraq that differs greatly from the majority party and the President-elect. Not to mention the fact that we have a UN mandate authorizing the US to have a military presence in Iraq, and it expires on 31 December 2008. This mandate has not, as of today, been extended. The possibility exists that the US will not have a legitimate right to be on Iraqi soil on 1 January 2009.

If the Baby Bush administration holds to its desire to put difficult things off, this issue may well land in President Obama’s lap. I cite as an example of this, the neo-con Bush White House’s promise to dismantle Gitmo, which they’ve decided to ignore as the clock runs out. To undertake the difficult task of disengagement from Iraq, is it better to seek consensus, or instead forge ahead with the far-left OUT!!! NOW!!! agenda? The ramifications can affect the tone of negotiations in many areas over time.

In 1992, the Clintons overreached, and burned a lot of bridges. It was part of the reason for the Newt et. al. sweep in 1994. There were no Democratic coattails in ’94. President-elect Obama is committed, in deed and action, towards moving the party, the platform, and the country forward. His are the principles of inclusion. If Republicans are alienated, will there be legislative election blowback in 2010 which could be avoided with a little reaching across the aisle? Or would it not matter, given the flow and trend?

5 reasons why John McCain lost

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With a win, a lot of people take credit. In a loss, no one wants to shoulder the responsibility. There is an old saying that "victory has a thousand parents but loss is an orphan."

So now that the election is over, let's take an objective look at the McCain organization and list the reasons that led to the demise of the campaign:

5. Campaign Leadership. The management and strategy of the McCain campaign started off rocky, smoothed out after his primary win, then the wheels came off after the Republican convention. The thing missing most from this Republican campaign was Karl Rove, or someone of his caliber capable of directing the day-to-day efforts and making the troops fall in line. But somewhere along the way, the campaign was hijacked by a rag-tag team of College Republicans who thought that gimmicks and indignation towards the media could be enough to shore up support. It worked among the base Republicans for a while, but it never got farther then that. And in the end, even some of the base drifted to Obama...or stayed home.

4. George W. Bush & The Economy. Running away from an eight-year disastrous run wasn't going to be easy for any Republican. Doing it on top of a 2006 Republican collapse in the wake of corruption scandals made it even harder. Add the economic meltdown into the mix, and McCain was left with very limited options. When all of this is compounded with the economic (and let's even say foreign) policy of Republicans, it wasn't just a hurdle - it was an albatross.

3. Sarah Palin. Which brings us to McCain's selection of a runningmate. Because of the problems of beltway Republicans, he felt he needed to reach outside of DC for a runningmate. And while she didn't sink the ticket, she did put a few holes in a boat that was struggling to stay afloat. Initially, her selection was hailed as brilliant: Outsider! Maverick! A woman (come on over Clinton voters)! But the presumption that these surface issues were enough to lure over Clinton Democrats belittled their intellect. Ultimately, it became painfully obvious that Palin's issues were incompatible with those of Clinton Democrats, and that she was as unqualified as they come to be the leader of the free world. Thus her selection became a focal point of McCain's judgment.

2. McCain vs. McCain. All said, the McCain we got in the general election was not the McCain we had come to know. He was partisan, he was petty, he used a lot of gimmicks (the suspension of the campaign, Joe the Plumber, the celebrity commercial). He didn't rise above partisanship, he didn't go with his instincts. He was handled by his advisors to the point to where his objectivity was clouded. Had he have run a disciplined, issue-focused campaign, with a loyal runningmate that he believed in (CT Sen. Joe Lieberman or MN Gov. Tim Pawlenty), the substance of this race would have been much different and the battlegrounds down the stretch would have been much more competitive. He would have had a stronger ability to shape debate, rather than just react to it.

1. A Culture of Change. Yet even if all of the above mentioned things were corrected, they may still not have been enough to stem the tide of change. There was a climate among the nation's citizenry that hasn't been seen or experienced in decades - maybe even in centuries. Barack Obama not only benefitted from this change, but he embodied it. This was the perfect storm for a Republican loss this year, and the GOP may have been doomed from the start no matter who they put up.

Presidential Election Results

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Electoral Votes Remaining	States Decided	Electoral Votes Obama	Electoral Votes McCain	Obama Pop. Vote %	McCain Pop. Vote %
11	49 (and DC)	365	162	52.7	45.9
Last updated: 11/19/08

Update 11:00 Obama wins

Click here for our state-by-state table

Update 7:00 - CNN calls Vermont for Obama and Kentucky for McCain
Update 8:00 - CNN calls SC, OK, TN for McCain. Calls NJ, IL,DC, MA, CT, DE, MD, ME (3 of 4) for Obama
MSNBC called NH and PA for Obama
Update 8:35 - NBC calls AL, GA for McCain
Update: 8:40 - CNN calls PA for Obama
Update 9:00 - NBC calls MI, MN, WI, NY,RI for Obama. KS, ND, WY for McCain
Update 9:08 - NBC calls Arkansas for McCain
Update 9:28 - Fox News calls OH for Obama; NBC calls it also along with NM
Update: 9:40 - NBC WV for McCain
We're back... Rocky Mountain News and Denver Post call CO for Obama
10:41 - SD for McCain

This table is in order of poll closing times. It starts with the first state to close its polls and ends with the last. We are using the latest poll closing time in the state.

Table not fully updated.

State	Electoral Votes	% Vote In	% Obama	% McCain
Georgia	15	73	39	60
South Carolina	8	31	42	57
Vermont	3	14	66	32
Virginia	13	57	48	51
Indiana	11	88	50	49
Kentucky	8	97	42	57
Ohio	20	10	56	43
W Virginia	5	21	46	52
Connecticut	7	48	61	38
Delaware	3	5	55	44
DC	3	14	92	8
Maine	2-1-1	17	63	36
Tennessee	11	23	41	58
Maryland	10	41	62	37
Massachusetts	12	71	62	36
New Hampshire	4	46	55	44
New Jersey	15	75	56	43
Pennsylvania	21	78	57	42
Alabama	9	67	41	59
Florida	27	69	51	49
Illinois	21	42	59	40
Mississippi	6	58	41	58
Missouri	11	36	49	49
Oklahoma	7	77	34	66
North Carolina	15	32	53	47
Arkansas	6	27	43	55
New York	31	70	64	35
Rhode Island	4	50	62	37
Louisiana	9	60	37	62
Michigan	17	38	55	43
Minnesota	10	22	55	43
Wisconsin	10	31	54	45
Arizona	10	4	44	55
Colorado	9	19	56	43
Nebraska	2-1-1-1	29	46	53
New Mexico	5	19	56	43
South Dakota	3	59	45	53
Texas	34	52	45	54
Wyoming	3	60	35	62
Iowa	7	35	56	43
Kansas	6	24	44	55
Montana	3	6	52	45
Utah	5	1	49	49
Nevada	5	0	54	43
North Dakota	3	59	42	56
California	55
Idaho	4
Oregon	7
Washington	11
Hawaii	4
Alaska	3
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Presidential Newspaper Endorsement List

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Nobody knows if newspaper endorsements actually make a difference with voters. You can find arguments going both ways.

DemConWatch will be tracking the endorsements for each candidate up until election day. We will link to the endorsement story whenever possible.

As of 11/2, among the top 100 papers, Obama has been endorsed by papers with a circulation of 16.5 Million, McCain by papers with a circulation of 4.8 Million, and papers with a circulation of 3.2 Million have announced they will not be endorsing a candidate.

We have also list the top 100 newspapers by circulation who have not yet endorsed a candidate. (Rankings of newspapers which have endorsed in parenthesis.)

When we're able to we will add a (D) for papers that endorsed Kerry in 2004, an (R) for papers that endorsed Bush and an (N) for papers that did not endorse. If you know who a paper endorsed in 2004 please add it to the comments.

Feel free to let us know about any endorsements we don't list.
We will add any interesting articles we find regarding each endorsement as an asterisk.
And as always... you can comment on the lists and your feelings on who endorses whom.

And don't forget to check out our Senate Endorsement list.

Obama/Biden	Obama (cont'd)	McCain/Palin
Alabama Anniston Star (D) Decatur Daily (D) Florence Times Daily Montgomery Advertiser (D) Talladega Daily Home Tuscaloosa News (D) Alaska Anchorage Daily News (D) Arizona Arizona Daily Star (88) (D) Arkansas Benton County Daily Record California Contra Costa Times (50) (D) Daily Breeze Fremont Argus (D) Fresno Bee (68) (D) Hayward Daily Review (D) La Opinión (87) (D) Long Beach Press Telegram (R) Los Angeles Daily News (78) (D) Los Angeles Times (4) (N) Marin Independent Journal Merced Sun Star Modesto Bee Monterey County Herald (D) Oakland Tribune (D) Pasadena Star-News (R) Press Democrat (D) Sacramento Bee (25) (D) San Bernadino Sun (R) San Francisco Chronicle (12) (D) San Gabriel Valley Tribune (R) San Joaquin Herald SJ Mercury News (31) (D) San Mateo County Times (D) Santa Cruz Sentinel (D) Stockton Record * (R) Tahoe Daily Tribune Tri-Valley Herald (R) Vacaville Reporter Woodland Daily Democrat Colorado Aspen Daily News (D) Boulder Daily Camera (D) Ft. Collins Coloradoan (D) Cortez Journal Denver Post (36) (R) Durango Herald Gunnison Times (N) Ouray Plain Dealer Vail Daily Connecticut The Day (D) Hartford Courant (61) (R) New Haven Register (R) Norwich Bulletin Delaware News Journal (91) (D) Florida Daytona Beach Florida Today (D) Gainesville Sun (D) The Ledger (R) News-Journal (100) (D) Miami Herald (30) (D) Naples News (R) Orlando Sentinel (33) (D) Palm Beach Post (62) (D) Pensacola News Journal St. Petersburg Times (20) (D) Sarasota Herald-Tribune (86) (D) South Florida Sun-Sentinel (39) (D) South Florida Times (N) Georgia Atlanta Journal-Constitution (18) (D) Columbus Ledger Enquirer (R) Macon Telegraph (D) Selma Times-Journal Hawaii Honolulu Advertiser (75) (D) Honolulu Star-Bulletin (D) Idaho Idaho Statesman (D) Illinois Chicago Tribune (8) (R) Chicago Sun-Times (21) (D) Decatur Herald & Review (R) Arlington Hgts Daily Herald (72) (D) Galesburg Register-News Lake County News Sun Pantagraph (R) Rock Island Argus Rockford Register Star Southtown Star Indiana Fort Wayne Journal Gazette Muncie Star Press Richmond Palladium Item (R) Iowa Des Moines Register (77) (D) The Hawk Eye (D) Mason City Globe Gazette (R) Ottumwa Courier Press-Citizen Quad City Times (D) Storm Lake Times (D) Kentucky Ledger Independent Lexington Herald-Leader (93) (D) Courier-Journal (41) (D) Louisiana Journal & Courier (D) Shreveport Times (D) Times Picayune (53) (N) Maine Bangor News Brunswick Times Record Kennebec Journal (D) Morning Sentinel (D) Portland Press Herald (D) Maryland Baltimore Sun (32) (D) Massachusetts Amesbury News Berkshire Eagle (D) Boston Globe (14) (D) North Adams Transcript Patriot Ledger The Salem News Standard-Times (D) Telegram & Gazette (D) Michigan Battle Creek Enquirer (D) Bay City Times (D) Detroit Free Press (22) (D) Flint Journal (D) Herald-Palladium Lansing State Journal (D) Livingston Daily Press & Argus (D) Michigan Chronicle Muskegon Chronicle (D) Petosky News-Review Saginaw News (D) Minnesota Rochester Post Bulletin Star Tribune (19) (D) St Cloud Times Mississippi Jackson Clarion Ledger (R) Missouri Columbia Daily Tribune Joplin Globe Kansas City Star (28) (D) St. Louis Post-Dispatch (27) (D) Montana Billings Gazette (D) Independent Record Montana Standard Nevada Las Vegas Sun (D) Reno Gazette Journal (D) New Hampshire Cabinet Press Concord Monitor (D) Conway Daily Sun Keene Sentinel (D) Nashua Telegraph (D) Portsmouth Herald (D) Valley News (D)	New Jersey Asbury Park Press (73) (R) Hackensack Record (64) (D) Courier News Courier-Post (D) Home News Tribune Star-Ledger (15) (D) Trenton Times (D) Vineland Daily Journal New Mexico Farmington Daily Times (R) Las Cruces Sun News (R) Santa Fe New Mexican (D) New York Albany Times Union (D) Buffalo News (55) (D) Indian Country Today Journal News (95) (D) New York Daily News (5) (R) New York Times (3) (D) Newsday (11) (D) Poughkeepsie Journal (R) Rochester Democrat and Chronicle (70) (D) Syracuse Post-Standard (92) (N) Times Herald-Record Watertown Daily Times El Diario/La Prensa North Carolina Asheville Citizen-Times (D) Charlotte Observer (44) (D) Greenville Daily Reflector Durham Herald Sun News & Observer (56) (D) Wilmington Star News Ohio Akron Beacon Journal (82) (D) Bucyrus Telegraph Forum Cleveland Plain Dealer (17) (N) Canton Repository (R) Dayton Daily News (85) (D) Hamilton Journal News (R) Mansfield News Journal (R) Middletown Journal Times-Reporter (R) Springfield News Sun (D) Toledo Blade (83) (D) Youngstown Vindicator Zanesville Times Recorder Oregon Corvallis Gazette Times East Oregonian (D) Mail Tribune Oregonian (23) (D) Register-Guard (D) Salem Statesman Journal Yamhill Valley News Register (R) Pennsylvania Beaver County Times (D) Erie Times News (R) Daily Review Delaware County Daily Times Harrisburg Patriot-News (N) New Castle News Philadelphia Daily News (96) (D) Philadelphia Inquirer (16) (D) Philadelphia Tribune Express-Times (R) New Pittsburgh Courier Pittsburgh Post-Gazette (42) (D) Pocono Record Pottstown Mercury Scranton Times Tribune (N) Times Leader (D) Uniontown Herald Standard York Daily Record (R) Rhode Island Providence Journal (76) (R) Warwick Beacon Tennessee Chattanooga Times Commercial Appeal (69) (D) Tennessean (66) (D) Texas Austin American-Statesman (60) (R) The Eagle (N) Fort Worth Star-Telegram (45) (R) Houston Chronicle (9) (R) Longview News-Journal (D) Lufkin Daily News (D) (R) San Angelo Standard Times Utah Salt Lake Tribune (81) (R) Vermont Burlington Free Press Brattleboro Reformer (D) Virginia Falls Church News Press (D) Staunton News Leader (R) Washington The Columbian (R) Daily Evergreen Kitsap Sun The Olympian Seattle Times (37) (D) Seattle Post-Intell. (78) (D) Tacoma News Tribune (90) (D) Tri-City Herald Walla Walla Union-Bulletin Wenatchee World Yakima Herald (R) Washington, DC Washington Post (7) (D) West Virginia Charleston Gazette (D) Times West Virginian Wisconsin Chippewa Herald (R) Kenosha News (D) La Crosse Tribune (D) Marshfield News Herald Milwaukee Journal Sentinel (40) (D) Sheboygon Press State Journal (R) Stevens Point Journal Wausau Daily Herald (D) Wyoming Caspar Star-Tribune (R)	Alabama Birmingham News (74) (R) Press Register Arizona Arizona Republic (10) (R) Arkansas Arkansas Democrat-Gazette (52) (R) California Antelope Valley Press Bakersfield Californian Desert Sun Napa Valley Register * North County Times Press-Enterprise (63) (R) San Diego Union Tribune (24) (R) SF Examiner * (R) Colorado Daily Sentinel Longmont Daily Times-Call (R) Mountain Valley News Pueblo Chieftain (R) Connecticut Register Citizen Florida Bradenton Herald (D) Cape Coral Daily Breeze Tampa Tribune (38) (N) Georgia Augusta Chronicle (R) Savannah Morning News (R) Idaho Twin Falls Times-News (R) Illinois News-Gazette (R) Indiana Fort Wayne News Sentinel Iowa The Messenger (R) Sioux City Journal (R) Times Republican Maine Sun Journal (R) Maryland Baltimore Examiner Massachusetts Boston Herald (51) (R) Eagle-Tribune (R) Lowell Sun (R) Springfield Republican (D) Michigan Detroit News (49) (N) Grand Rapids Press (80) (R) Jackson Citizen Patriot (R) Oakland Press (R) Nebraska Lincoln Journal Star (R) McCook Daily Gazette (R) Omaha World-Herald (54) (R) Nevada Las Vegas Review-Journal (59) (R) New Hampshire Eagle Times Foster's Daily Democrat (R) Union Leader (R) New Mexico Albuquerque Journal (97) (R) Roswell Daily Record New York New York Post (6) (R) North Dakota The Forum Ohio Cincinnati Enquirer (43) (R) Columbus Dispatch (47) (R) Findlay Courier (R) News-Herald Oklahoma Examiner-Enterprise Oklahoman (46) (R) Tulsa World (89) (R) Oregon Bend Bulletin (R) Pennsylvania Lancaster New Era Pittsburgh Tribune-Review (67) (R) Public Opinion South Carolina Charleston Post and Courier (99) The State (98) (R) South Dakota Argus Leader (R) Tennessee Jackson Sun (D) Knoxville News Sentinel (84) (R) Texas Amarillo Globe News Beaumont Monitor Corpus Christi Caller-Times (D) Daily Times Dallas Morning News (13) (R) Galveston County Daily News Herald-Zeitung Lubbock Avalanche Journal San Antonio Express-News (34) (R) Wichita Falls Times-Record Virginia Culpepper Star-Exponent Daily News Record Daily Press (D) Lynchburg News & Advance Richmond Times-Dispatch (57) (R) Winchester Star Washington Centralia Chronicle Spokesman Review (R) Washington DC DC Examiner Washington Times (R) West Virginia The Intelligencer/Wheeling News Register Wisconsin Green Bay Press-Gazette (R)
	248(43)	83 (5)
Updated 11-3-08 at 11:20 PM

Papers that have not yet endorsed a candidate:
- Wall Street Journal (2) (N)
- Orange County Register (29)
- Virginian-Pilot (58) (D)
- Investor's Business Daily (65) (R)
- Wichita Eagle (R)
- Baton Rouge Advocate (R)
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Papers that have announced they will not endorse a candidate:
- USA Today (1) (N)
- Indianapolis Star (26) (R)
- Rocky Mountain News (35) (R)
- St. Paul Pioneer Press (48) (R)
- Florida Times-Union (71) (R)
- Morning Call (94) (D)
- Myrtle Beach Sun News (D)
- Ft Myers News Press
- Fredricksburg Free Lance-Star (R)
- Huntsville Times (R)
- Kalamazoo Opinion
- Oshkosh Northwestern