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Friday, October 31, 2008
Reagan's Chief of Staff Endorses Obama
In an interview with CNN's Fareed Zakaria, Ronald Reagan's White House Chief of Staff Ken Duberstein said he would vote for Barack Obama on Tuesday. Apparently, Colin Powell's endorsement of Obama was a deciding factor: "Well let's put it this way - I think Colin Powell's decision is in fact the good housekeeping seal of approval on Barack Obama."The interview will air on CNN on Sunday afternoon.
Labels: Barack Obama, Colin Powell, Ken Duberstein
Sunday, October 19, 2008
Colin Powell Endorses Obama
Why?McCain didn't pass the test posed by the current economic crisis.
McCain didn't pass the test posed by his own vice presidential choice.
McCain didn't pass the test of broadening the Republican base, rather than embarking on a William Ayers-fueled witch-hunt that can only narrow the party:
"...I've also been disappointed, frankly, by some of the approaches that Senator McCain has taken recently – or his campaign has – on issues that are not really central to the problems that the American people are worried about. This Bill Ayers situation that's been going on for weeks became something of a central point of the campaign, but Mr. McCain says that he's a watchdog of terrorists. Then why do we keep talking about him? And why do we have these robocalls going on around the country, trying to suggest that because of this very, very limited relationship that Senator Obama has had with Mr. Ayers, somehow Mr. Obama is tainted. What they're trying to connect him to is some kind of terrorist feelings. And I think that's inappropriate...."
Transcript here.
Labels: Barack Obama, Colin Powell, John McCain, Sarah Palin
