Who do you think Washington Post will endorse for Prez?

[Was_Immer]

I don't believe they have yet made an endorsement.

Who do you think they will pick?

[madrchsod]

1. bush

that`s way to easy.....

[cali]

12. Uh,

what are your grounds for believing WaPo will endorse bush?

[blondeatlast]

25. Washington Times will endorse bunnypnats for certain, not the Post, tho. n

[Cocoa]

2. Kerry

not too much question in my mind.

[Longhorn]

3. Who did they endorse in 2000? n/t

[lanlady]

8. they endorsed Gore

and will endorse Kerry this year.

[Was_Immer]

10. Here is a list of all the 2000 Presidential Endorsements

Seems like its shaping up same this year, atleast so far.

Exception Denver Post endorsed Gore in 2000, and now Bush in 2004

http://www.wheretodoresearch.com/Political.htm#Endorsements

[hlthe2b]

27. NOOOOO! Was_Immer, the Denver Post has not endorsed Bush...

They have yet to endorse anyone, but will very likely go with Kerry. The Rocky Mountain News endorsed Bush, but this is no surprise--they've always leaned right.

The DP just endorsed Salizar (dem) over Coors-- that's a good sign they will go with Kerry.

[cali]

4. Kerry

I'd be shocked if they endorsed bush.

[DaveSZ]

5. They whore so much for Bush

I'd say Bush.

That's a tossup really.

[Longhorn]

9. There's an explanation for that.

Just came across this article from Online Journal: http://www.onlinejournal.com/Media/021104Hasty/021104hasty.html. It describes how the WP has financial ties with the Bush family.

So, for example, while the Washington Post editorial page endorses the Democratic candidate for president one day every four years, in keeping with its "liberal" tradition, the rest of the time it can spend on the front page advancing the agenda of what George W's role model Winston Churchill called "the high cabal" that oversees the interests of Wall Street and the national security state—which are generally Republican. But of course the Post, the inside-the-beltway national newspaper of record, will endorse the ideas of whichever party the Graham family and its retainers feel will best advance the unique political and financial goals of their own shape-shifting ruling-class faction.

[xultar]

6. Yo Mama! n/t

[agingdem]

7. Bush

without a doubt.

[JI7]

11. they want to keep their Democratic leaning subscribers

and that's the only reason i can see for them endorsing kerry. but i will say that i wont be surprised at all if they endorse bush. even if they endorse kerry it does not make up for their whoring.

[mvd]

13. I say Kerry

in a not-so-enthusiastic endorsement. I read a recent editorial there about health care, and while they bashed both plans, they liked Kerry's plan more.

[baltodemvet]

14. Kerry

I'll put money on it (but not with any DU deadbeats.)B-)

[w4rma]

15. Sen. Kerry. (nt)

[gauguin57]

16. If they want to maintain one iota of credibility after Nov. 2, it'll be

KERRY! KERRY! KERRY!

[BlueNomad]

17. I've been reading the Post since I was nine...

They'll endorse Kerry but I expect it to be all tepid, tempered with enough finger wagging at both sides to leave a bad taste in my mouth. I certainly don't forsee a hard hitting NYTimes style piece. I would however like to be bowled over and pleasantly surprised...I would like them to call George Bush what he is incompetent, arrogant, shallow and hey while I'm at it, deceitful.

[Kahuna]

18. With Bob Woodward on the editorial board, I think they will

go with *. :puke:

[terrya]

23. I agree. A good point. Woodward is a Bush supporter.

It will be...

:puke: Bush

[RafterMan]

19. Kerry

There is no question -- absolutely zero chance of them endorsing Bush.

[PROGRESSIVE1]

20. Most likely Kerry but don't be suprised if they go for Bushie!

[debatepro]

21. President Kerry

President Kerry

[otohara]

22. They Endorsed Gore in 2000

so my guess is Kerry in 04

[DaveinMD]

24. Kerry

no doubt.

[Ugnmoose]

26. Got to be Kerry

They may whore articles for the Administration but they know when it comes down to ediorial policy they would lose all credibility if they came out for Bush. And has been pointed out here they endorsed Gore in 2000.

[demokatgurrl]

28. Kerry. And then trash him the next day. n/t

[faithnotgreed]

29. i think theyll try to not endorse either one

though if anything decent comes to light (not likely i know), then they will hide under that to endorse kerry

for example, if they can get away with basing it on something like the flu vaccine or other like topic, i think theyll go kerry
but again, if nothing too much happens i think theyll try to avoid it altogether and take an "unprecedented" non stand

[PeacefulWarrior]

30. Kerry, big time

They've written many opeds aftern being hoodwinked by Bush over WMD that call him out on that. They will endorse Kerry, for sure, because Bush lied to them and made them look stupid.

[TheKingfish]

31. Remember in last debate Bush laughed when Kerry quoted WP n/t

[waldnorm]

32. Kerry

This is the newspaper that broke Watergate. For the same newspaper to now endorse Bush after the WMD lie would mean Washington Post has headed into Bizarro World. In spite of some articles, etc. I've read, there's been a number of editorials very critical over Bush's lies, especially regarding Iraq. I expect a very ringing endorsement of Kerry and at least a bit of a condemnation of Bush.

[BlueNomad]

33. i think Bush was smirking

because it's supposed to be a liberal paper Kerry quoted ( I dispute that)...we already have the Washington Times...let them endorse him. Despite TWP's creep towards the right since Katherine Graham died, I would be surprised given Bush's abyssmal record and not to put a fine point on it---according to the two family members I know over there--it would be a suicide move based on their circulation trends and current demographics...

[John_H]

34. I said it weeks ago: Chimp. Why? Easy.

Whores, especially whores who believe their paper is something more impressive than an average mid-sized city rag, do not admit mistakes, let alone horrific mistakes in judgement.

There is no way the Washington Post is going to conceed that their heads, which have been up Chimp's ass for three and 2/3 years, now smell like shit. Sure, the endorsement will be qualified by "grave reservations" about Chimpie's domestic policies, but they will come to the "conclusion" that he was a)right to remove Saddam and b)is waging an "effective war on terra" which is the countries top priority(and which makes them and their parent company so much money).