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Thursday, June 26, 2008

Novak says, Colin Powell to endorse Obama?

This morning's Robert Novak column seems to say that Colin Powell "will enter Obama's camp at a time of his own choosing."

It's Novak, so judge it for what it is. Robert Novak is a channel used by certain segments of the GOP to dispense whatever garbage they want out there. (inoculation?)

(PS. If this happens, it could be one of the uglier "race events" of the campaign, because I would think even the mainstream GOPers will bring up race as an attempted explanation.)

posted by mikevotes at 8:15 AM

4 Comments:

  • For many reasons I hope Powell refrains from insinuating himself into this election. Not just for the reasons you mention, but because of his facilitation of the entire Bush fiasco that is Iraq.

    By Blogger -epm, at 2:59 PM  

  • Yeah, I thought about that.

    However, I would love to see the Republicans attack him there.

    By Blogger mikevotes, at 4:09 PM  

  • The left would attack him there....

    Unless Powell did some sort of a public mea culpa and really come out hard against McCain's nonsense Iraq policy (or non-policy really), I don't see anything good coming from Powell inserting himself in this election. His legacy is not what it could have been had he not fallen into that swamp in Crawford. Instead of being a strong figure of American character, he's just a (slightly) tragic figure... a cautionary tale of misplaced loyalty.

    By Blogger -epm, at 5:56 PM  

  • No. I don't think he goes as far as to openly admit it.

    But, he does carry national security cred, and foremer Republican cred, and, if he does so, it'll be all the talking heads can talk about for days, asking, why did he reject McCain?

    So there's some value there.

    But, again Novak. He prints what he's told, but you never know the veracity or why he was told it.

    By Blogger mikevotes, at 10:02 PM  

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