I think YOU'RE the one that's high. The Tribune hasn't been a "right-wing" paper in 40 years. Their idea of "balenced" perspective is to endorse every single left-wing socialist running in a competitive race in Illinois, plus one or two RINOs for good measure. They will NEVER be caught dead endorsing an actual conservative in a close race, except perhaps their 4-year predictable Presidential endorsements (they gave a half-assed endorsement to Bush in 2004 after spending the entire year bashing him in editorials for being too right-wing, and then damned him with faint praise). Of course they abandoned even the presidential endorsements this year with their glowing support of Hussein Obama.
Here's their Chicago area endorsements in 2008:
President
• Barack Obama (Democrat)
U.S. Senate
• Dick Durbin (Democrat )
U.S. House
• 1st District: Bobby Rush (Democrat)
• 2nd District: Jesse Jackson Jr. (Democrat)
• 3rd District: Dan Lipinski (Democrat)
• 4th District: Luis Gutierrez (Democrat)
• 5th District: Rahm Emanuel (Democrat)
• 6th District: Jill Morgenthaler (Democrat)
• 7th District: Steve Miller (Republican)
• 8th District: Melissa Bean (Democrat)
• 9th District: Jan Schakowsky (Democrat)
• 10th District: Mark Kirk (RINO)
• 12th District: No endorsement
• 13th District: Judy Biggert (RINO)
• 14th District: Bill Foster (Democrat)
Illinois Senate
• 5th District (West Side): No endorsement
• 6th District (North Side): John Cullerton (Democrat)
• 7th District (North Side): Heather Steans (Democrat)
• 9th District (north suburbs): Jeff Schoenberg (Democrat)
• 11th District (Southwest Side, west and southwest suburbs): No endorsement
• 14th District (South and Southwest Sides, southwest suburbs): No endorsement (can't support evil conservative over the ultra corrupt scumbag Emil Jones)
Illinois House
• 2nd District (Southwest Side): Ante "Tony" Marijan (Green)
• 11th District (North Side): John Fritchey (Democrat)
• 12th District (North Side): Sara Feigenholtz (Democrat)
• 14th District (Far North Side): Harry Osterman (Democrat)
• 17th District (north suburbs): Elizabeth Coulson (ultra RINO)
• 20th District (Northwest Side, northwest suburbs): Michael McAuliffe (Republican)
• 21st District (Southwest Side, southwest suburbs): No endorsement
• 22nd District (Southwest Side): Michael Madigan (Democrat)
• 26th District (South Side): William "Will" Burns (Democrat)
• 29th District (South Side, south suburbs): David Miller (Democrat)
• 39th District (Near Northwest Side): Maria Antonia "Toni" Berrios (Democrat)
• 40th District (Northwest Side): Deborah Mell (Democrat)
• 41st District (west suburbs): No endorsement
• 43rd District (northwest suburbs): Ruth Munson (RINO)
• 44th District (northwest suburbs): Fred Crespo (Democrat)
Cook County
• State's Attorney: Anita Alvarez (Democrat)
• Board of Review, 2nd District: No endorsement
• Board of Review, 3rd District: Larry Rogers Jr. (Democrat)
And here's their Chicago area endorsements in 2006:
U.S. House
1st District Bobby Rush (D)
2nd District Jesse Jackson Jr. (D)
3rd District Dan Lipinski (D)
4th District Luis Gutierrez (D)
5th District Rahm Emanuel (D)
6th District Tammy Duckworth (D)
7th District Danny Davis (D)
8th District Melissa Bean (D)
9th District No endorsement
10th District Mark Kirk (RINO)
11th District No endorsement
13th District Judy Biggert (RINO)
STATE OFFICES
GOVERNOR AND LIEUTENANT GOVERNOR
Judy Baar Topinka (RINO) and Joe Birkett (RINO)
ATTORNEY GENERAL
Lisa Madigan (D)
SECRETARY OF STATE
Jesse White (D)
COMPTROLLER
Dan Hynes (D)
TREASURER
Christine Randago (RINO)
40 years? Ummm now I know you’re high
Trib endorsed GW in 2004 and in 2000 (forgot about that huh?)
Check out their endorsements prior to 2006. As for endorsing Dems if you lived up here in the area you’d know that many of these races were UNCONTESTED by Republicans. So please do your homework before you come back with your thin layer of ice.