The 88th General Assembly
has convened the 2012 fiscal session

Sunday, October 19, 2008

More Sunday endorsements

I'll keep a running list of endorsements from area news outlets and other organizations. Here are today's endorsements:

Proposed Constitutional Amendment No. 1 (removing archaic language/poll worker qualifications):
AGAINST: Harrison Daily Times

Proposed Constitutional Amendment No. 2 (annual sessions):
AGAINST: Arkansas Democrat Gazette, Harrison Daily Times

Proposed Constitutional Amendment No. 3 (lottery):
FOR: Harrison Daily Times
AGAINST: Arkansas Democrat Gazette

Initiated Act No. 1 (prohibiting unmarried cohabitants from adopting/serving as foster parents):
AGAINST: Arkansas Democrat Gazette

Endorsements from newspapers in the presidential race now stand at 76 for Obama and 18 for McCain. So far, 16 newspapers who have endorsed Obama endorsed Bush in 2004. The readership of the newspapers backing Obama now stands at about 10 million vs. McCain's just over 2 million.

Here are today's big endorsements:

Obama:
Colin Powell
Idaho Statesman
Kansas City Star
Sacramento Bee
Miami Herald

McCain:
Dallas Morning News
Tampa Tribune