Union Leader newspaper backs Gingrich.

[Mass]

It may seem like a bad sign for Romney, who spends a lot of time in NH and has a house there, but, given the track record of the Union Leader, may be Gingrich should be worried.

http://www.washingtonmonthly.com/political-animal/2011_11/union_leader_backs_gingrich_in033724.php?utm_source=feedburner&utm_medium=feed&utm_campaign=Feed%3A+washingtonmonthly%2Frss+%28Political+Animal+at+Washington+Monthly%29

Does the recipient of the Union Leader’s endorsement generally go on to win the state’s primary? Looking back, the track record is mixed:

1976: The paper endorsed Ronald Reagan over Gerald Ford, but Reagan lost

1980: Reagan won the endorsement and the primary

1988: The Union Leader supported Pete du Pont, who finished fourth in the primary

1992: The paper supported Pat Buchanan, who finished a competitive second against an incumbent president

1996: The Union Leader again backed Buchanan, who this time won the primary

2000: Steve Forbes won the paper’s endorsement, in advance of a third-place showing

2008: The Union Leader supported John McCain, who won the state’s primary

Only yjree yo,es in the last 30 years did they pick the winner of the primary on the Repunlican side, and only two of them ended being the nominee.

[Faygo Kid]

1. Very misleading headline. Should have said Union Leader newspaper.

I hope you will correct it.

[Mass]

2. Done, Not misleading. Just a typo,

[ananda]

3. I know. The first time I saw the headline...

... I thought the union was backing Gingrich. It was a total weirdness.

[_eh]

4. 76, 88, and 92 don't count

Those were more statements than endorsements, against the campaigns of sitting presidents and vice-president.

[AlinPA]

5. Hard to figure NH. The republicans are right wing, anti-tax so Gingrich looks

like a winner there, (Perry, Paul, Cain and Bachman should all make a good showing). How can Romney be so high in the polls there?

[ProSense]

6. That's

hilarious. Wonder how the Mitts are taking it?