Good news, indeed. I recently moved to southern Ohio (from the deep South), and our local rag (Dayton Daily News) is always anxious to potray President Bush as behind or in trouble in his efforts to carry Ohio. The last poll, as I recall, had Kerry up by 3-4 points, a sharp contrast to the Plain Dealer poll, which shows Bush leading beyond the margin of error. I'm sure the Daily News will bury that poll in one of the back sections. Of course, it goes without saying that a Republican has never won the White House in modern time without carrying Ohio, and conventional wisdom says that a GOP candidate must do well in southern Ohio, and suburban and rural areas across the state to win...this is good news; I only hope it holds.
This link:
http://newslink.org/topstate.html
Is to the top 255 newspapers in the U.S. Having read most of them from time to time over the last couple of years I have concluded that the overwhelming majority of them are liberal. I'm guessing 80 to 90%.