huffingtonpost.com - 10/19/2008
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"Retired Gen. Colin Powell, once considered a potential running mate for Sen. John McCain (R-Ariz.), now may endorse his opponent, Sen. Barack Obama (D-Ill.) ," Republican sources tell Politico's Mike Allen. "But an air of mystery surrounds Powell's planned live appearance Sunday on NBC's 'Meet ...
msnbc.msn.com - 10/19/2008
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Former Secretary of State Colin Powell endorsed Barack
Obama for president, criticizing his own Republican Party for...
what he called its narrow focus on irrelevant personal attacks.
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Powell endorses Obama for president
michellemalkin.com - 10/19/2008
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Hullabaloo —
... Colin Powell walked into the Beltway's St. Patrick's Cathedral, Meet the Press, and endorsed Barack Obama today. Hopefully that'll turn out better than the vials of anthrax. This is devastating for McCain, of course, because Colin Powell was John McCain before John McCain became John McCain, if that makes any sense at all. He was the Very Serious GOP Daddy who everybody in the media establishment fell all over admiring. Heck, even Oliver Stone gives him a wet kiss in "W." And so Powell's rejection of McCain shows that the GOP nominee is no longer worthy of admiration. ...
General Powell endorses Obama, questions Palin choice
Preemptive Karma —
... to be admired, " he said. " But at the same, now that we have had a chance to watch her for some seven weeks, I don't believe she's ready to be president of the United States, which is the job of the vice president. And so that raised some question in my mind as to the judgment that Senator McCain made. " So, what do you think of this endorsement? Does it change your opinion? Confirm it? Have no effect on it? As a former Republican I strongly agreed with Powell's comments about the narrowing of the GOP and in particular the latent bigotry which has bubbled to the surface ...
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