Barack leads the newspaper endorsement race by more than 3 to 1, with the latest numbers showing Obama with a lead of 112 to 39 — including more than 70 endorsements in the last few days.

But the real fun comes when you look at papers that endorsed Bush in 2004 but have switched to the Dem candidate. And there are at least 25 of those.

C/o Editor & Publisher, check out the latest endorsements that have switched parties from Bush to Obama:

(Circulation Rank) (Paper) (City) (Circulation)

5 Daily News New York City, NY 703137
8 Chicago Tribune Chicago, IL 541663
9 Houston Chronicle Houston, TX 494131
36 The Denver Post Denver, CO 225193
60 Austin American-Statesman Austin, TX 170309
81 The Salt Lake Tribune Salt Lake City, UT 121699
- Wisconsin State Journal Madison, WI 87930
- Long Beach Press Telegram Long Beach, CA 85595
- New Haven Register New Haven, CT 72613
- Naples Daily-News Naples, FL 66272
- The Repository Canton, OH 65789
- The (Stockton) Record Stockton, CA 57486
- San Bernardino Sun San Bernardino, CA 54315
- The Columbian Vancouver, WA 44623
- The Express-Times Easton, PA 44561
- San Gabriel Valley Tribune San Gabriel, CA 40051
- Yakima Herald-Republic Yakima, WA 38077
- Tri-Valley Herald Pleasanton, CA 29759
- Pasadena Star-News Pasadena, CA 27894
- Times-Reporter New Philadelphia, OH 22428
- The Eagle Bryan, TX 21654
- Las Cruces Sun-News Las Cruces, NM 21341
- Mason City Globe Gazette Mason City, IA 17666
- Palladium-Item Richmond, IN 15453

Notice the inclusion of many, *ahem*, pro-America parts of the country.

Only two have switched from Kerry to McCain, The Daily Press from Newport News, VA and The Jackson Sun from Jackson, TN.

The people at E&P either have a ton of time on their hands or they just really really love this stuff.

Check out this funky map graph thingy plotting endorsements and their circulations over an electoral college projection map provided by 538.