Mitt Romney is winning the endorsements of many newspapers that endorsed Barack Obama in the last election. - Slate Magazine

Mitt Romney is winning the endorsements of many newspapers that endorsed Barack Obama in the last election. - Slate Magazine: At least 21 newspapers that endorsed Barack Obama in 2008 have endorsed Mitt Romney in 2012. Half of these endorsements are couched in the hope that Romney hornswoggled Republican primary voters and will govern as a moderate. “Like his primary rivals,” editorialized Florida Today, “we never bought Romney’s newfound conservative purity. During the presidential debates, Romney wisely resumed his identity as a pro-growth pragmatist.” And “pro-growth,” in the Space Coast region covered by Florida Today, means helping out NASA. Romney has pledged to do that without pledging to increase the budget.