Swing State Newspaper Endorsement Tally: Romney 24, Obama 15

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Wisconsin State Journal endorses Romney, becomes latest paper to flip from Obama in ’08

Wisconsin State Journal
Julie Moos
11/4/2012 - Updated 11/5/2012

Excerpt:

In the final hours of the presidential campaign, the largest endorsing newspaper in the swing state of Wisconsin has thrown its support to GOP nominee Mitt Romney.

In an editorial published Sunday, the Wisconsin State Journal said:

This is not an easy endorsement to make.

Obama is the more likeable candidate and inspiring speaker. Obama inherited a mess from his predecessor, Republican President George W. Bush, who was even more disappointing than Obama has been.

Obama got us out of Iraq. He pressured public schools to reform. He gave the final order that got Osama bin Laden.

But this election is about jobs, the slow economy and Washington’s dysfunction. Our leaders can’t even pass a budget, much less stabilize soaring debt that’s burdening our children and grandchildren.

Obama failed to embrace his own commission’s bipartisan debt deal. Ryan, serving on the commission, similarly balked at the solid and comprehensive agreement.

But Obama is the president. The buck stops with him. This is now Obama’s economy, even though the GOP shares in the blame for partisan games.

This endorsement may be even more significant since the Milwaukee Journal Sentinel decided not to endorse either presidential candidate this year.

The State Journal becomes the eighth large paper in a Swing State to flip from an Obama endorsement in 2008. Newsday’s endorsement of Romney this weekend was also a reversal of the paper’s ’08 Obama endorsement, as was the New York Daily News endorsement.

Swing state endorsement tally: Romney 24, Obama 15

Colorado: 2 for Romney; 1 for Obama

• The (Colorado Springs) Gazette (Romney)
• Denver Post (Obama)
• The Pueblo Chieftan (Romney)

Florida: 7 for Romney; 2 for Obama

• Florida Today (Romney)
• Miami Herald (Obama)
• Naples Daily News (Romney)
• Orlando Sentinel (Romney)
• Pensacola News Journal (Romney)
• South Florida Sun Sentinel (Romney)
• Tampa Bay Times (Obama)
• Tampa Tribune (Romney)
• Florida Times-Union (Romney)
• Palm Beach Post endorsed Obama in ‘08, but is not endorsing presidential candidates
• Sarasota Herald-Tribune endorsed Obama in ‘08, not endorsing presidential candidates this year

Iowa: 4 for Romney; 1 for Obama

• Des Moines Register (Romney)
• The (Cedar Rapids) Gazette (Romney)
• Press-Citizen (Obama)
• Quad-City Times (Romney)
• Sioux City Journal (Romney)

Nevada: 2 for Romney; 1 for Obama

• Las Vegas Review-Journal (Romney)
• Las Vegas Sun (Obama)
• Reno Gazette-Journal (Romney)

New Hampshire: 2 for Romney

• The (Nashua) Telegraph (Romney)
• Union Leader (Gingrich then Romney)

North Carolina: 5 for Obama; 1 for Romney

• Charlotte Observer (Obama)
• Citizen-Times (Obama)
• Greenville Reflector (Romney)
• The Pilot (Obama)
• Raleigh News & Observer (Obama)
• Winston-Salem Journal (Obama)

Ohio: 4 for Obama; 4 for Romney

• Akron Beacon Journal (Obama)
• Athens News (Obama)
• Cincinnati Enquirer (Romney)
• Cleveland Plain Dealer (Obama)
• Columbus Dispatch (Romney)
• Lima News (Romney)
• The Morning Journal
• The Toledo Blade (Obama)
• Dayton Daily News endorsed Obama in ‘08, but will not be endorsing this year

Virginia: 1 for Romney; 1 for Obama

• Richmond Times-Dispatch (Romney)
• The Washington Post serves northern Virginia (Obama)
• The Roanoke Times did not endorse in ‘08 nor will they this year
• The Virginian Pilot did not endorse in ‘08

Wisconsin: 1 for Romney

• Milwaukee Journal Sentinel endorsed Obama in ‘08, but isn’t endorsing this year
• Wisconsin State Journal (Romney)

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NY Daily News Endorses Mitt Romney

Newsmax
Patrick Hobin
11/4/2012

Excerpt:

The New York Daily News, the country’s fifth largest newspaper, endorsed Mitt Romney on Sunday, joining the ranks of more than a dozen papers that have turned away from Barack Obama after endorsing his candidacy in 2008.

The paper's endorsement came as a surprise: the News has a staunchly Democratic editorial viewpoint. The Daily News is also owned by one of the country's most respected and influential Democrats, Mort Zuckerman, the billionaire real estate mogul.

But the New York daily staked its arguments against Obama not on politics but the economy, charging that President Obama’s promises went unfulfilled.

“Revival of the U.S. as a land of opportunity and upward mobility is the central challenge facing the next president,” the paper wrote. “The question for Americans: Who is more likely to accomplish the mission — Barack Obama or Mitt Romney?”

“Four years ago, the Daily News endorsed Obama, seeing a historic figure whose intelligence, political skills and empathy with common folk positioned him to build on the small practical experience he would bring to the world’s toughest job. We valued Obama’s pledge to govern with bold pragmatism and bipartisanship. The hopes of those days went unfulfilled.”
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