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General Powell Endorses Obama
October 19 - 11:20 AM
Retired General Colin Powell, who is former Secretary of State, former Chairman of the Joint Chiefs of Staff, and a long time Republican, today endorsed Senator Barack Obama for President.
Powell said he sees Obama as potentially transformational, and can have great benefits for reforming America's image worldwide. He prefaced his support by saying that McCain had been a friend for 25 years, and that he has a lot of respect and admiration for him, but that the Republican Party had made a lot of mistakes that must be accounted for.
Only a decade ago Powell himself was considered a likely presidential candidate, and many would have bet on him to be the first African-American to win the White House. The popularity that he and President George H.W. Bush gained from winning the First Gulf War and bringing it to a swift conclusion did not last long for Bush. The problems he encountered, due to a downtown in the economy, led to his re-election defeat, but had no effect on Powell's popularity, as he stayed on during the Clinton Administration.
Powell eventually bowed out of any consideration for a presidential candidacy, saying did not have the "fire in the belly" required to make such a race. Now he says he is confident that Obama will be "ready to serve on Day One", and that he has "the intellectual vigor" to hold the job.
One liberal pundit called the endorsement the "final nail in the coffin of John McCain". Conservative pundit George Will said he heard "the cracking in the ice". But Powell's popularity took a real hit when he spoke at the United Nations on behalf of President George W. Bush's accusations against Iraq that quickly led to war.
If Powell's support, which amounts to nothing more than announcing he will vote for Obama, is to have any impact on the election, pollsters look to middle-aged white undecided voters to be most affected by this endorsement - a sort of validation of not only Obama, but also potentially for Powell as well.
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