UPDATED: Saturday Endorsement Watch -- A Big Switch in NY

Obama continues to pile up the editorial endorsements.  A big one because it is yet another switch from the GOP column in 2004: NY's venerable Daily News.   Here's the Miami Herald and Philly Inquirer and The Oregonian in Portland. Oh, also, the Detroit Free Press, all for Obama. But McCain, also in that key swing state, gains the Tampa Tribune, plus the Dallas Morning News. See posts below for previous and links.  Obama now leads McCain by about 68-18, which is interesting in that Kerry barely edged Bush 213-205 in our count and before that the GOP candidate always won that race.   Yesterday the dam broke with former Bush-backing Denver Post and  Chicago Tribune joining a wide Red State cross-section including the Kansas City Star and Atlanta Journal-Constitution.

Rumor has it that the NYT will be backing Obama on Sunday. But will Colin Powell on "Meet the Press'?  Meanwhile, GOP congresswoman goes crazy: