Another Paper Cut for Romney

Last week I wrote about the Concord Monitor's anti-endorsement of Mitt Romney. That was brushed aside by Romney and his supporters as nothing more than a "liberal" newspaper doing what liberal newspapers do: bash conservative candidates. Well, today we have the not-so-liberal Manchester Union Leader offering an editorial strikingly similar in tone to that of the Monitor's. It begins:

There is a reason Mitt Romney has not received a single newspaper endorsement in New Hampshire. It's the same reason his poll numbers are dropping. He has not been able to convince the people of this state that he's the conservative he says he is.

The paper with New Hampshire's largest daily circulation sees a clear alternative to Romney for the state's voters. It is the man who risen from the single digits and is now tied with Romney for the lead: John McCain. More of the Union Leader's devastating anti-Romney ink:

In this primary, the more Romney speaks, the less believable he becomes. That is why Granite Staters who have listened attentively are now returning to John McCain. They might not agree on everything, as we don't, but like us, they judge him to be a man of integrity and conviction, a man who won't sell them out, who won't break his promises, and who won't lie to get elected.

Rough stuff. And if you think that crying "liberal" will help Romney this time, have a gander at the Union Leader's official endorsement of McCain. This is clearly no college town alternative weekly.