Report: Key New Hampshire Newspaper to Announce GOP Presidential Endorsement on Sunday, November 27

The New Hampshire Union-Leader has indicated tonight that they will announce on Sunday their endorsement for the 2012 GOP New Hampshire Presidential Primary, which will be held on January 10, 2012:

ABC NEWS: The New Hampshire Union Leader, the Granite State’s most influential paper, will announce which GOP candidate it will endorse in Sunday’s paper.

The paper tweeted the pending endorsement this afternoon, teasing the announcement: “Which primary candidate will get the Union Leader’s endorsement? Find out in this week’s NH Sunday News.”

In 2007, the paper endorsed Sen. John McCain in the Republican primary. McCain then went on to win the state’s primary. In the 2010 Senate primary, the Union Leader backed Ovide LaMontagne over now-Sen. Kelly Ayotte. While LaMontagne has yet to endorse a candidate this cycle, Ayotte threw her weight behind Mitt Romney last weekend.

Romney recently dined with the Union Leader’s publisher, Joe McQuaid, at a Manchester, N.H., holiday fundraiser co-hosted by the paper. . . . Read More