Powell Comes Full Circle on Iraq, Endorses Obama
Taylor Marsh — ... Colin Powell, the man most responsible for making the case for the Iraq war, has now endorsed the man whose very candidacy revolved around his opposition to the war Powell sold at the U.N. ...

OUCH! Colin Powell endorses Obama
The Agonist - thoughtful, global, timely — Mark Halperin | Oct 19 TIME - The former Bush Secretary of State crosses party lines to endorse Obama, citing his "ability to inspire and lead." Also says McCain's negative campaigning has "gone too far" and he's concerned about his choice of Palin as running mate. Makes the announcement on Sunday's "Meet the Press." Says he plans to vote-- but not campaign-- for Obama. VIDEO McCain not surprised, video at Think Progress

Irritable Powell Syndrome
Hit & Run — Former Secretary of State Colin Powell has come off the fence and endorsed Barack Obama for president. He said he had watched both Obama and his Republican opponent, Sen. John McCain of Arizona, for many months and thought “either one of them would be a good president.” But he said McCain’s choices in the last few weeks — especially his selection of Gov. Sarah Palin of Alaska as his vice presidential running mate — had raised questions in his mind about McCain’s judgment. “I don’t believe ...

Powell Endorses Obama (New Worldview vs. Experience)
The Moderate Voice — ... for Powell to make his move. I expect this decision to be made public in time for the Sunday talk show circuit this weekend. Powell’s endorsement will clear the Independents and moderate Republicans from the fence post that they have been sitting on for the last six weeks. As I listened to Colin Powell’s endorsement of Barack Obama this morning, one recurring thought came to mind: you can only have new leadership if you have a new view of the world. From the “Meet the Press” interview with Tom Brokaw: “This is the time for ...

Powell on Muslims
Matthew Yglesias — It’s good every time you see anyone hitting the right tone on this: Stressing that Obama was a lifelong Christian, Powell denounced Republican tactics that he said were insulting not only to to Obama but also to Muslims. “The really right answer is what if he is?” Powell said, praising the contributions of millions of Muslim citizens to American society. Exactly so. We can’t allow ourselves to become a society where “Muslim” or “Arab” is a dirty word. ...

Is there anybody with less political courage than Colin Powell?
TigerHawk — Colin Powell endorses the candidate who claims he always opposed the war that Powell did not oppose when it might have made a difference. The only question that remains is when will Bob Woodward get the "background" story that divulges all the ways in which Colin Powell struggled for months with this difficult decision. Why? Because Colin Powell never makes a move without Woodward there to ventriloquize his inner anguish. 2 Comments: Why Hawk, you are Reading like a serious case of sour grapes. By Blogger ...

A Nation of Mythical Mavericks: Colin Powell Endorses Obama
Corrente — Post-partisan hero Colin Powell has endorsed post-partisan hero Barack Obama, instead of post-partisan hero John McCain. Since I’ve been thrown under the bus as a partisan, secular, feminist, Baby Boomer progressive, I’d need to see some satellite photos or empty vials or something from Powell to appreciate his point about how “inclusive” Obama is.

Meet The Press: Colin Powell Endorses Barack Obama
Crooks and Liars — ... “I truly believe that at this point in America’s history we need a president who will not just continue ... basically the policies we have followed in recent years,” “We need a president with transformational qualities.” For that reason, he said, “I will be voting for Barack Obama.” Read on... ...

Powell’s Obama Endorsement: the religious factor
Roger L. Simon — ... Oh, those proverbial elephants in the room! I caught Colin Powell’s predicted (by Drudge) endorsement of Obama on Meet the Press today and there were few surprises.  Powell, ever the Lord of Gravitas, paid lip service to McCain being a good president, then, with furrowed brow, cited the conventional wisdom - that McCain demonstrated inconstancy during the economic crises, that the choice of Palin was ill considered and the relationship to Ayers overstated.  While I have disagreements, these are, as a I said, conventional points. ...

Colin Powell Endorses Obama: Backing A Winner When He’s Winning
Firedoglake — ... As predicted, Colin Powell endorsed Obama today.  After Obama raised a hundred million dollars last month, every meaningful newspaper is behind him, he's soaring in the polls and McCain's campaign has devolved into a complete clown car. ...

Colin Powell Endorses Barack Obama
Outside The Beltway | OTB — ... 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 personal attacks over a serious approach to challenges he called unprecedented. Powell, who for many years was considered the most likely candidate to become the first African-American president, said in an interview on NBC’s “Meet the Press” that he was not supporting Obama because ...

Carol Platt Liebau: Powell's MacGuffin
Townhall.com Blog's TownHall Blog — So Colin Powell has endorsed Barack Obama. Obviously, on the merits, it makes no sense for a man who was "proud to be a soldier" during the Reagan presidency to endorse a man came to prominence on the strength of his desire to force our defeat in Iraq. And here's what Powell said at the 2000 Republican Convention : [Republicans] are the party committed to lessening the burden of taxes, cutting government regulations and reducing government and cutting government spending - all for the purpose of generating the higher economic growth that will bring better ...

General Powell Endorses Obama
FiveThirtyEight: Politics Done Right — Not that you haven't heard the news, but... My predisposition is to be skeptical of the value of endorsements in presidential general elections. Endorsements generally serve as an informational shortcut for voters, and therefore their importance tends to be inversely proportional to the stature of the contest involved. When you're voting for Dog Commissioner, and you have no information about the candidates, you might well go with whomever your local paper decides to endorse. In a race like Obama-McCain, on the other hand, you already have all the ...

colin powell
skippy the bush kangaroo — ... “the really right answer is what if he is?” powell said, praising the contributions of millions of muslim citizens to american society. - msnbc ...

In the General Election
N/A — While in the past Colin Powell has waffled, then blown badly, mostly in the prevailing winds (see Iraq War and Powell at the UN, oops), 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. No McCain, No McCain. No McCain. Maybe it’s another Army Navy rivalry. Or maybe the general points the way to the general direction of the election. McCain, you done. Some are not happy.  ...

Powell Wants Obama Appointing Judges (As Does Gaddafi)
ConfirmThem - — ... General Colin Powell is a former Secretary of State for whom I have great respect. But today he erred by endorsing Senator Obama for President. One of General Powell's stated reasons is that he "would have difficulty with two more conservative appointments to the Supreme Court." I would too. But the written opinions of Justices John Roberts and Samuel Alito have not been politically "conservative" at all. Rather they have been honest applications of the law as written, without adopting any political ideology, including their own. That is in stark ...

Quick Links
PoliGazette — ... of radical liberal bloggers, who have declared war on all those who dared disagree with them during the last eight years: “As predicted, Colin Powell endorsed  Obama today .  After Obama raised a hundred million dollars last month, every meaningful newspaper is behind him, he’s soaring in the polls and McCain’s campaign has devolved into a complete clown car. Way out there on a limb, Colin. As  ...

Colin Powell's Endorsement Illogic
Wizbang — I respect Colin Powell. And I also have significant political differences with him. Such is still possible in our current political climate. The fact that someone does not subscribe to your brand of politics or worldview does not preclude them from the ranks of the respected and respectable. Too many forget this. That said, Powell's endorsement of Barack Obama for president seems founded upon some rather troubling issues, and his argument is as much if not more couched in dislike or distaste for the McCain campaign than subscription to Obama's positions, proposals and views. ...

Um…
Daily Pundit — Powell endorses Obama for president - Meet the Press, online at MSNBC- msnbc.com Powell, who for many years was considered the most likely candidate to become the first African-American president, said in an interview on NBC’s “Meet the Press” that he was not supporting Obama because of his race. He’s lying.

The Powell endorsement: Right-wing racism and what the endorsement means for Obama
The Reaction — By Michael J.W. Stickings Needless to say, the political world is all abuzz today over Colin Powell's endorsement of Obama this morning on Meet the Press. Mustang Bobby posted the clips -- Powell on MTP, then outside the studio. For coverage in the MSM, see CNN and MSNBC. ********** Needless to say, conservatives are going nuts -- or, rather, getting even ...

The Race Card Is Busting Out All Over…
Comments from Left Field — … in response to Colin Powell’s endorsement of Obama for president. Michelle Malkin is having nightmares about rappers, hip-hop, and terrorist fist bumps. Quite a few bloggers on the right are going with the “affirmative action” meme: Andrew Bolton at RedState fumes that Obama would not be where he is now, and Colin Powell would not have endorsed him for president, if he were white. George Will tells George Stephanopoulos that “if we had the ...

Beyond the Endorsement: How the Right Should React to Colin Powell
The Next Right — Bottom Line Up Front: The Right needs to rethink and reshape our style, substance, and strategy based on the opportunities and challenges that face us now. Evolve or die. Colin Powell's endorsement of Barack Obama today was one of the three "ouches" Moe Lane pointed out on RedState, the other two being the $150M raised by Obama last month and the 100K strong crowd for Obama in St. Louis. Nobody should take much stock in endorsements, and this wasn't unexpected. Plus, I think John ...

McCain Hangs Around
A Chequer-Board of Nights and Days — It comes as no surprise to anyone who has been paying attention to the Presidential campaign that Colin Powell has endorsed Barack Obama for President . When Powell refrained from making an endorsement early on in the Presidential campaign season, it became clear--or should have become clear--that Powell would wait until the moment when he believed he could maximize the damage to the McCain campaign by endorsing Obama. We will see if that plan works out. In the meantime, it is indisputable that Powell has become for Obama what Joe Lieberman, Bill Clinton and Hillary Clinton ...

Colin Powell Endorses Obama for President and Says It’s NOT About Race
FullosseousFlap's Dental Blog — ... It has been rumored since July that Colin Powell would endorse Barack Obama for President and he did this morning on NBC News, Meet the Press. Flap will post the video next but should it be taken down from You Tube the link for the NBC video is here: ...

McCain Hangs Around
RedState: Conservative News and Community — ... It comes as no surprise to anyone who has been paying attention to the Presidential campaign that Colin Powell has endorsed Barack Obama for President. When Powell refrained from making an endorsement early on in the Presidential campaign season, it became clear--or should have become clear--that Powell would wait until the moment when he believed he could maximize the damage to the McCain campaign by endorsing Obama. ...

Links for 2008-10-19 [del.icio.us]
FullosseousFlap's Dental Blog — ... "electrify the world." "I think he is a transformational figure," Powell said. "He is a new generation coming ... onto the world stage and on the American stage. And for that reason, I'll be voting for Sen. Barack Obama." As a key reason, Powell said: "I would have difficulty with two more conservative appointments to the Supreme Court, but that's what we'd be looking at in a McCain administration." ++++++++ Uh Huh..... Powell endorses Obama for president - Meet the Press, online at MSNBC- msnbc.com ...

Powell Endorsement Decimates McCain's Rationale
Daily Kos — ... Here's a new montage I put together of Colin Powell's endorsement, along with video clips from the campaign trail supporting his key points. As you can see, Powell didn't just endorse Barack Obama -- he also systematically dismantled the entire rationale for John McCain's presidential campaign. ...

links for 2008-10-20
FullosseousFlap's Dental Blog — ... (tags: colin_powell rush_limbaugh) Powell endorses Obama for president - Meet the Press, online at MSNBC- msnbc.com Former Secretary of State Colin Powell endorsed Sen. Barack Obama, D-Ill., for president on Sunday, criticizing his ...

Neither Relaxed Nor Worried
Confederate Yankee — ... , and Powell's endorsement . We've watched the American media drop the illusion of impartiality to nakedly campaign for Barack Obama, and we've seen them attempt to destroy a blue collar guy for ...

The Powell Endorsement
Ankle Biting Pundits — ... As you all know by now Colin Powell has endorsed Barack Obama for President. This shouldn’t come as a surprise (we ...

Colin Powell, ‘Liberal’ Republican
La Shawn Barber's Corner — ... I, personally, me, La Shawn Barber, couldn’t care less that retired Army General Colin Powell, black Republican, endorsed Democratic presidential candidate Barack Hussein Obama for president. ...

Today on Doing Time: Monday October 20th
The Latest on Air America — ... Do you think the endorsement from Colin Powell will sway undecided voters to Barack Obama? How should we respond to the Limbaugh retort that “it’s just about race”? It’s not. But how can you prove something like that? Watch the endorsement here. ...

Et tu, Yahoo? Yahoo's False Balance Minimizes Support For Obama
Crooks and Liars — ... (and subsequently lost his column at the National Review over it). Colin Powell did the same this weekend. Republican talk show host ...

John McCain - Prisoner of W
The Moderate Voice — ... “This is the time for outreach,” Colin Powell said, saying the next president would have to “reach out and show the world there is a new administration that is willing to reach out.” In particular, he said, he welcomed Obama’s president to “talk to people we haven’t talked to.” ...

Pro-America vs. Anti-America
Jon Swift — ... Legislation Joe Lieberman Colin Powell Pakistan Spain ...

Wajahat Ali: A Muslim American's Take on Colin Powell's Speech
Politics on HuffingtonPost.com — ... Yet I have heard senior members of my own party drop the suggestion: he's a Muslim, and he might be associated with terrorists[emphasis added]. This is not the way we should be doing it in America." ...

Top 10 Political Machine Scoops of 2008
Politics Daily — ... McCain's houses (Politico) 3. Obama on "bitter" small-town Americans (Huffington Post) 4. Palin's shopping spree (Politico) 5. Clinton camp turmoil (Washington Post and The Atlantic) 6. Jeremiah Wright tapes (ABC News) 7. Network TV's military analysts (New York Times) 8. McCain's inner circle (New York Times Magazine) 9. Edwards' extramarital affair (National Enquirer) 10. Powell's endorsement (NBC)I immediately noticed that none of these were from The Political Machine. That's ...

Gen. Colin Powell Is Above the Fray, But I'm Not
Politics Daily — ... Why does Rush ignore Powell's thoughtful explanation for his decision and instead jump straight to the simplistic conclusion that it was a decision only about race? Again, on this point too, Rush is just flat-out wrong and making the Republican party seem racist, which we are not. ...

Limbaugh: If Al Qaeda wants to demolish the America we know and love, they'd better hurry, because Obama's beating them to it
News Hounds — ... In Part 2, Limbaugh attacked Colin Powell. Limbaugh claimed that there were two reasons Powell supported Barack Obama during the last election. One was “race, clearly. Nobody has the guts to say that but, I mean, what else could it be because... the ideal moderate Republican candidate (John McCain) was nominated.” Limbaugh conveniently overlooked the fact that Powell explained his endorsement on Meet the Press, saying that while he liked McCain, he thought Sarah Palin was a bad choice as a vice president and, unlike Joe Biden, was not qualified to become president. Powell also ...