Flippers agree.

Bush is a flop.

Editor and Publisher has identified 24 newspapers which backed Bush in 2000 and have moved over to the Kerry column this election.

Here's the list:

Chicago Sun-Times (Ill.)
Los Angeles Daily News (Ca.)
Orlando Sentinel (Fl.)
Memphis Commercial-Appeal (Tn)
Allentown Morning Call (Pa.)
Stamford Advocate (Ct.)
Journal News (White Plains, N.Y.)
Quad City Times (Davenport, Iowa)
The Rockford Register-Star (Ill.)
Oakland Tribune (Ca.)
Contra Costa Times (Ca.)
Santa Cruz Sentinel (Ca.)
Idaho Statesman (Boise)
Iowa City Press-Citizen (Ia.)
Worcester Telegram & Gazette (Ma.)
Flint Journal (Mich.)
Star-Gazette (Elmira, N.Y.)
Ventura County Star (CA)
Tri-City Herald (Kennewick, Wa.)
The Sun (Bremerton, Wa.)
Wausau Daily Herald (Wi.)
Billings Gazette (Mt.)
Walla Walla Union-Bulletin (Wa.)
Bangor Daily News (Maine)

Altogether, the E & P list shows Kerry with 125 endorsements to Bush's 96, and a circulation advantage for the challenger of 16 million to 10 million.

I still love the smell of newsprint in the morning...and victory is even nearer at hand.