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As the convention wrapped up with an hourlong address by and Q&A with Sarah Palin — broadcast live on CNN, Fox, MSNBC and C-Span — it was clear that the organizer’s massive and controversial gamble had mostly paid off. More than 200 members of the media had descended on Nashville to write probing stories on the Tea Party Movement.

Saying “it is John McCain’s time,” the Silver City Daily Press has endorsed the self-proclaimed maverick, joining the Roswell Daily Record as the second New Mexico daily newspaper to back the GOP candidate for president.
But in its own maverick style, the southwestern daily endorsed Democrats — Tom Udall for U.S. Senate and Harry Teague for [...]

This past weekend’s daily newspaper endorsements for the nation’s next president kept Barack Obama solidly in the lead, with 50 more papers for Obama in one day, including two that were solidly for George W. Bush in 2004, according to the latest tally by Editor & Publisher.
Updated Sunday, E&P’s ongoing tally put Obama’s total at [...]