Three New Hampshire newspapers announced their endorsement of GOP presidential contender Ron Paul on Wednesday.
In a statement released the day of the endorsement, the Texas congressman’s campaign staff listed the three as the Littleton Courier, Berlin Reporter and Coos County Democrat. The papers’ announcements come on the heels of the results of the Iowa caucuses.
“Former Massachusetts Gov. Mitt Romney has been in the lead for months,” wrote the editors of the three, “but voters still seem desperate for an alternative — there’s always another candidate pulling stronger or almost as strong numbers in the polls. Voters have lost faith in Obama, but they are not sold on Romney to replace him.”
The three papers — located in in New Hampshire’s sparsely populated north country — are owned by the same parent company, Salmon Press. The editors commended Paul for his consistency throughout his career as a public servant, and his record. Paul has “has never voted to raise a tax and voted against all of the bailouts that have riled up tea partiers and Occupy Wall Streeters alike,” said the editors.
Recent polling data and Romney’s strong ground game in New Hampshire suggest that the former governor could beat Paul in next week’s New Hampshire primary by a wide margin. Romney lost to Sen. John McCain in 2008 by five points.
“Powerful leaders like Franklin Roosevelt and Ronald Reagan change the political landscape,” the editors concluded. “This is what Ron Paul would do for our country and why we support him.” (Google: Ron Paul, Kim Kardashian more popular in New Hampshire than Romney)