more the former than the latter, certainly. that's what's so interesting about the detroit news sitting things out, among others switching or staying neutral. the news wants a different republican, and they're not endorsing W just because he's the republican running.
from the same article:
"The Detroit News, which has never endorsed a Democrat, and which backed Bush in 2000, announced that it would sit out the 2004 election, not happy with either candidate. The Times-Picayune in New Orleans, another Bush backer in 2000, said the same thing today in an editorial titled "No One to Champion." A third Bush supporter in 2000, The Patriot-News in Harrisburg, Pa., also declared neutrality today. "
kerry also swept the major newspapers in florida, and apparently there's a big fight going on now at the cleveland plain dealer over the endorsement, between the publisher and the editors.
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