<div style="margin: 12px 0px; font-family: arial; color: #333333; background: #ffffff; border: solid 4px #e5e5e5; width: 100%; clear: left;"><div class="CM_CTB_Content_Wrap" style="margin: 0px; padding: 0px;background-color: #ffffff;"><div style="border-bottom: solid 1px #dcdcdc; white-space: nowrap; margin-bottom: 8px; background-color: #eeeeee ;background-image: url(http://clipmarks.com/images/source-bg.gif); background-repeat: repeat-x; height: 24px; line-height: 24px; vertical-align: middle; padding-bottom: 4px; color: #666666; font-size: 10px;" ><a href="http://clipmarks.com/clip-to-blog/" title="see clips that are hot right now"><img src="http://content.clipmarks.com/blog_embed/0cc9f5bc-7de3-4bd6-8478-647ac0e86a0b/72CDFA9C-DBA9-4634-BC7D-86443E8C9883/" alt="" width="19" height="19" border="0" style="vertical-align: middle; margin: 0px 4px; display: inline; border: none; float:none;" /></a>clipped from <a title="http://www.eandppub.com/2008/10/two-more-papers.html" href="http://www.eandppub.com/2008/10/two-more-papers.html" style="font-size: 11px;">www.eandppub.com</a></div><blockquote style="text-align: left; padding: 0px 8px; margin: 4px 0px 8px 0px; background: transparent; border: none;" cite="http://www.eandppub.com/2008/10/two-more-papers.html">So far this year Obama leads McCain 26-9 (it's early) and has already picked up at least three papers that endorsed Bush in 2004.</blockquote><div style="height: 2px; font-size: 2px; background: #dcdcdc; border-bottom: solid 1px #f5f5f5; margin: 2px 4px;"></div><blockquote style="text-align: left; padding: 0px 8px; margin: 4px 0px 8px 0px; background: transparent; border: none;" cite="http://www.eandppub.com/2008/10/two-more-papers.html">Today, Obama picked up nine  key newspaper endorsements in swing states, earning the nod from, among others,  the <EM>St. Louis Post-Dispatch</EM>, the <EM><A href="http://post-gazette.com/pg/08286/919151-192.stm">Pittsburgh Post-Gazette</A>, <A href="http://toledoblade.com/apps/pbcs.dll/article?AID=/20081012/OPINION02/810120311">The Blade</A></EM> of Toledo, the <A href="http://www.daytondailynews.com/o/content/oh/story/opinions/editorial/2008/10/12/ddn101208obamaxxmg.html"><EM>Dayton Daily News</EM></A>,  <EM>Asheville Citizen-Times</EM> in North Carolina, and the <EM>Wisconsin State Journal </EM>(which backed Bush in 2004) in Madison.  The St. Louis daily called McCain, "the incredible shrinking man" who had made a horrific pick for his running mate.</blockquote><div style="height: 2px; font-size: 2px; background: #dcdcdc; border-bottom: solid 1px #f5f5f5; margin: 2px 4px;"></div><blockquote style="text-align: left; padding: 0px 8px; margin: 4px 0px 8px 0px; background: transparent; border: none;" cite="http://www.eandppub.com/2008/10/two-more-papers.html">Joining the Obama team in battleground  states were the <EM>Muskegon (Mich.) Chronicle</EM>, the <EM>Lehigh Valley (Pa.) Express-Times</EM> and <EM>Springfield (Ohio) News</EM></blockquote><div style="height: 2px; font-size: 2px; background: #dcdcdc; border-bottom: solid 1px #f5f5f5; margin: 2px 4px;"></div><blockquote style="text-align: left; padding: 0px 8px; margin: 4px 0px 8px 0px; background: transparent; border: none;" cite="http://www.eandppub.com/2008/10/two-more-papers.html">Six other major papers in an apparent non-swing state also backed Obama today:  <EM>The Tennessean</EM> in Nashville and the <A href="http://www.sbsun.com/editorial/ci_10699519">San Bernardino <EM>Sun</EM></A> (which had backed Bush over Kerry), <EM>Contra Costa Times</EM>, <EM>The Herald </EM>of Monterrey<EM>, Sacramento Bee</EM> and <A href="http://www.fresnobee.com/opinion/story/930147.html"><EM>Fresno Bee</EM> </A>in California.</blockquote></div><div style="margin: 0px 6px 6px 4px;"><table style="font-size: 11px;border-spacing: 0px;padding: 0px;" cellpadding="0" cellspacing="0" width="100%"><tr><td style="background:transparent;border-width:0px;padding:0px;">&nbsp;</td><td align="right" style="background:transparent;border-width:0px;padding:0px;width:107px" width="107"><a href="http://clipmarks.com/share/72CDFA9C-DBA9-4634-BC7D-86443E8C9883/blog/" title="blog or email this clip"><img src="http://content8.clipmarks.com/images/c2b-foot.png" border="0" alt="blog it" width="107" height="17" style="border-width:0px;padding:0px;margin:0px;" /></a></td></tr></table></div></div>

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