MetroMan
Senior Member
Toronto SUN to endorse Rocco Rossi?
I heard through the grape vine that the Toronto SUN is getting ready to endorse Rocco Rossi for Mayor. Wow.. if this is true, it's going to be a game changer. I suspect that Ford supporters are the SUN's biggest demographic. At the very least, it could shift support away from Ford, allowing Smitherman or Pants to win. I'd be ok with Rocco for Mayor, even though I'm a progressive but I can't see him going from the single digits to win this thing, 2 weeks to election day.
What this conversation brought up though is that no major newspaper or magazine has endorsed a candidate yet. We already know that The Star hates Ford, but will their editor endorse anybody?
If I recall correctly, Toronto Life had endorsed Miller in 2003 and it made all the difference. It gave him the momentum he needed to be taken as a serious contender. I can't find the issues from that time, but I do remember that they were running very positive articles about him a couple of weeks before the election. They even had a cover with superhero Miller sporting a big Superman-like M logo on his chest.
I work in the publishing biz and I've yet to hear anything like that from other papers, but today the whispers about the Sun and Rossi started to get louder.
I heard through the grape vine that the Toronto SUN is getting ready to endorse Rocco Rossi for Mayor. Wow.. if this is true, it's going to be a game changer. I suspect that Ford supporters are the SUN's biggest demographic. At the very least, it could shift support away from Ford, allowing Smitherman or Pants to win. I'd be ok with Rocco for Mayor, even though I'm a progressive but I can't see him going from the single digits to win this thing, 2 weeks to election day.
What this conversation brought up though is that no major newspaper or magazine has endorsed a candidate yet. We already know that The Star hates Ford, but will their editor endorse anybody?
If I recall correctly, Toronto Life had endorsed Miller in 2003 and it made all the difference. It gave him the momentum he needed to be taken as a serious contender. I can't find the issues from that time, but I do remember that they were running very positive articles about him a couple of weeks before the election. They even had a cover with superhero Miller sporting a big Superman-like M logo on his chest.
I work in the publishing biz and I've yet to hear anything like that from other papers, but today the whispers about the Sun and Rossi started to get louder.