This endorsement was expected by anyone who has ever heard of the St. Pete Times. The shocker is that the more conservative newspaper across the bay, the Tampa Tribune, refuses to endorse either candidate. They spent the almost the entire editorial page describing why they could not endorse George Bush but only one paragraph explaining why they couldn't endorse Kerry. I searched the Tribune's website as well as TBO.com but that article is not posted on either site, although all their other endorsements are posted. Strange...
I don't know what happened at the Trib, but they aren't as conservative as they once were.
I used to subscribe, but when their editorial policy starting to take a definite left lean, I canceled my subscription.