McCain vs. Obama: Powell's endorsement

”Colin L. Powell yesterday became the most prominent Republican to endorse Democratic presidential nominee Barack Obama, with the former secretary of state and retired four-star general declaring the senator from Illinois to be a ‘transformational’ figure who would ‘electrify our country . . . [and] the world,’” the Washington Post front-pages. “The announcement is a blow to McCain, a fellow Vietnam War veteran whose 2000 presidential campaign Powell supported before George W. Bush won the Republican nomination. McCain had publicly pledged during that campaign to name Powell as his secretary of state.”  The New York Times notes that Powell’s endorsement, as well as the news that Obama raised a whopping $150 million last month, “dealt another dispiriting setback to Republicans, particularly since Mr. Powell is a longtime friend of Mr. McCain’s and even donated to his campaign. ‘Powell is a glass of warm milk and a cookie for those who can’t sleep worrying about the lack of experience of ... (link)