online.wsj.com - 10/20/2008
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Former Secretary of State Colin Powell has endorsed Democrat Barack Obama for president, describing the Illinois senator as a "transformational figure."
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politicker.com - 10/20/2008
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Gordon Campbell's cartoon from Sunday featuring Colin Powell
as a modern-day Benedict Arnold, with a twist: (click...
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thinkprogress.org - 10/20/2008
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A new cartoon by syndicated cartoonist Gordon Campbell
hits Gen. Colin Powell for endorsing Sen. Barack Obama...
(D-IL) . The cartoon shows a picture of Revolutionary War general Bendict Arnold — who infamously committed one of U.S. ...
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The Early Word: Obama Predicts Tighter Race
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... that Mr. Powell’s endorsement “was not only an embrace of a presidential candidate from the other party, but also an effort to reshape a legacy that he himself considers tainted by his service under President Bush.” The Wall Street Journal’s Jonathan Weisman and Amy Chozick note that the endorsement is the “latest sign that the Republican Party’s coalition is fracturing amid the stresses of the campaign.” Fund-raising On Sunday the Obama campaign also announced that it has enlarged its war chest by $150 million during the month of September. The Times’s Michael Luo ...
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