Branden Durst, an occasional commenter at HucksOnline, offered a pithy response when Boise Republican Sen. Mitch Toryanski received the Idaho Statesman endorsement. Kevin Richert/Statesman provided the response via Twitter:

Said Durst: "Reading the Idaho Statesman Opinion Page endorsements reminds me a lot of an abused spouse. Rather than look at what the spouse is doing, they keep saying it won't ever happen again. Guess what, they've been doing it to you for 20 years, it's not going to stop."

Question: Do you like to see newspapers endorse candidates? How much sway do those endorsements have with you?