outsidethebeltway.com - 10/19/2008
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On Meet the Press this morning, former Secretary of State Colin Powell endorsed Barack Obama for President.
Former Secretary of State Colin Powell endorsed Sen. Barack Obama, D-Ill., for president on Sunday, criticizing his own Republican Party for what he called its narrow focus on irrelevant ...
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... ), today Colin (Don’t Pronounce Me Colon) comes down firmly for Obama. A big surprise? Not really. You can read that as a no vote for McCain. ...
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’s Alex Knapp responded in the point-of-fact manner many moderate conservative Republicans chose today, not disagreeing fully with Powell (especially not on his criticism of the Republican Party), but also not agreeing: “Powell’s been telegraphing this for months, so it’s not a 100% surprise. However, as ...
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