Reply #10: Back in 1992, I ran for Congress in the Cleveland area....

[WCGreen]

I received the PD's endorsement over two much more qualified individuals including the incumbent. The other two people who were in the race that had limited resources as well as name recognition finished behind me with roughly the same number of votes. I received almost 2,500 more than the fifth place person but 4,000 less than the third place person who had a dynamite political name here in Cuyahoga County.

So, as the years went by, some in the party (democratic) felt that the "Green Factor" made the PD endorsement worth about 2,500 votes in a congressional district. The are covered by the PD has about three and a half congressional seats. So in this close election, using the "GreenFactor" the 10,000 or so folks just might be persuaded by the PD endorsement.

Or maybe not. The area has grown by about 7% in population since 92 but the PD circulation has slipped.

The PD has much more competition from the Internet and cable TV.

I was a news story for about a week because no one expected an unknown to get the endorsement in that hotly contested race. I was interviewed and was given a lot of face time on all three TV news programs, every local radio talk show, there were about 10 at the time, 1 now, and actually interviewed and mentioned in newspaper stories all the way to the Wall Street Journal.

So, will the PD endorsement really effect any votes. A few. But the story will be about, as mentioned above, the fight between the editors and publisher......