Colin Powell to Endorse Barack Obama on Meet the Press This Sunday?
Former Bush Administration Secretary of State Colin Powell and Senator, Democrat Presidential nominee Barack Obama
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.), according to Republican sources. But an air of mystery surrounds Powell’s planned live appearance Sunday on NBC’s “Meet the Press,” and no one is sure what he will say.
Powell, 71, a professional soldier for 35 years, has advised the last three Republican presidents.
The general’s camp is being coy about what he might or might not say on Sunday. But some McCain advisers suspect, without being sure, that Powell will endorse Obama.
“It’s going to make a lot of news, and certainly be personally embarrassing for McCain,” a McCain official said. “It comes at a time when we need momentum, and it would create momentum against us.â€
Powell, a four-star Army general, was national security adviser to President Ronald Reagan; chairman of the Joint Chiefs of Staff during the 1991 Persian Gulf war, when George H.W. Bush was president; and President George W. Bush’s first secretary of State,
Powell has consulted with both Obama and McCain, and the general’s camp has indicated in the past that he would not endorse.
Flap has maintained that it was just a matter of time for Powell to endorse Obama who he has said “would be electrifying” as President.
Isn’t it all about race?
Come on now…….
5 Comments
Dan Rust
See the YouTube video below:
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=PpsdKUQ1nKA
for one person’s perspective on how you can make a decision to support Obama AND vote for John McCain. Feel free to forward this to any “undecided†voters you know of. This will be a VERY close election and we need every single vote we can get.
Demonizing Obama will get us a few votes (and also lose us at least a few votes) but I hope that a rational, positive thought process will persuade a few people who are still on the fence.
Regards,
Dan
Vigilante
I’m saying that for Obama’s own good, General Powell ought not to endorse the Senator.
Vigilantes last blog post..Open Letter to Colin Powell
Ling
About race it is. Bet he wouldn’t be endorsing Obama, if he were exactly the same guy, but white. I also bet no one in the MSM will say a single word about race being a big factor in Powell’s decision to endorse (if he endorses).
Lincoln Adams
If he’s smart he’ll know to leave well enough alone and say while he admires Obama he has not made a decision to endorse anyone for President. That’s about the most I can expect out of him.
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