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Campaign 08: Powell Picks Obama
The Nation: Top Stories —
Former Secretary of State Colin Powell's endorsement today of Barack Obama gives the Democratic presidential candidate high-profile evidence of the bipartisan appeal that Republicans fear most. After being aggressively courted by both Obama and Republican John McCain -- with whom he has hjad a much longer and more intimate relationship -- Powell used a Sunday appearance on NBC's ...
Today in The Nation: Powell Gives Obama a Boost
The Nation: Top Stories —
Former Secretary of State Colin Powell's endorsement today of Barack Obama gives the Democratic presidential candidate high-profile evidence of the bipartisan appeal that Republicans fear most. After being aggressively courted by both Obama and Republican John McCain -- with whom he has hjad a much longer and more intimate relationship -- Powell used a Sunday appearance on NBC's ...
We are all Americans
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He Sees It Too
Talking Points Memo —
I spent most of this weekend at a family celebration. So it was only this evening that I got a chance to see Colin Powell's statement at the beginning of Meet the Press this morning, which you can see here ...
And what struck me was that Powell's rationale for supporting Obama tracked very closely with some of the harshest critics of Sen. McCain, despite the fact that he used less cutting words to express them.
There were three key points he hit. First, he questioned McCain's unsteady and erratic response to the economic crisis. He didn't use the word 'erratic' but ...
Paul Jenkins: The GOP's White Supremacy
Politics on HuffingtonPost.com —
When a 19 year-old white supremacist recently gained a seat on the Palm Beach County Republican Executive Committee, the election created such an outcry that embarrassed local politicians used a technicality to block his seating. The entire process was buffoonish, although the views of the spawn of a grand wizard of the KKK and his supporters were not. Events such as this, or the stunning success of David Duke in Louisiana in 1990, occur every few years within the GOP, a reminder of the party's racist faction. Even more standard for Republicans, especially in the year that saw Barack Obama's election, are the off-key comments about uppitiness, ...
Ken Blackwell defends Saltsman’s Barack the Magic Negro CD
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by Pam Spaulding
The former Ohio vote bag man Secretary of State and contender for the head of the RNC, Ken Blackwell, had this to say about the holiday CD sent to committee members by fellow candidate for the job, Chip Saltsman: “Unfortunately, there is hypersensitivity in the press regarding matters of race. This is in large measure due to President-Elect Obama being the first African-American elected president,” said Blackwell, who would be the first black RNC chairman, in a statement forwarded to Politico by an aide. “I don’t think any of the concerns that have been expressed in ...
USASERVICE.org
Hotline On Call Part Deux —
WASHINGTON -- Retired Gen. Colin Powell, in conjunction with the presidential inaugural committee, today unveiled a program -- dubbed "Renew America Together" -- to spark a national wave of community service.
The initiative and new Web site -- usaservice.org -- will allow citizens to use online tools similar to those that Barack Obama's team crafted and employed with such success during the campaign. Via the site, users can host or seek out events in their community.
"Volunteering is something you give to your community and to our society," Powell said. "It comes back to you in terms of satisfaction, in terms ...
Obama to meet with Colin Powell
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President Obama will meet privately with Colin Powell this afternoon, according to the White House schedule. Obama will sit down with Powell in the Oval Office. The President's schedule is clear for two and half hours, though it's unclear if all of that time will be spent with powell. This will be the first meeting between the two since Obama was inaugurated. Powell's endorsement of Obama, of course, was seen as a pivotal event in the campaign.
