Colin Powell

Hints of a Colin Powell or Condi Rice Endorsement for Obama

OTB News (Free subscription) | 07/22/2008

Colin Powell and Condi Rice might endorse Obama’s presidential bid.

Hints of a Colin Powell or Condi Rice Endorsement for Obama

US News (Free subscription) | 07/21/2008

Colin Powell and Condi Rice might endorse Obama's presidential bid.

Zogby Poll: Obama Strongest With Colin Powell As VP

Politik Ditto (Free subscription) | 07/21/2008

This is just dumb : As the Presidential candidates ponder potential running mates, a new Zogby International telephone poll shows many voters would be more inclined to vote for Democratic Sen. Barack Obama if he were to select retired four-star general and former Secretary of State Colin Powell as his running-mate. If Obama were to choose Powell, 42% of likely voters nationwide...

• Colin Powell For Obama’s VP? - Say Anything

Remember Colin Powell? He's advising Obama now.

The ITT List (Free subscription) | 07/21/2008

Talking Points Memo catches a "little nugget" from last week's New York Times: Another person who has contributed outside advice is former Secretary of State Colin L. Powell, whom Mr. Obama has been wooing. Mr. Powell, a Republican, has a friendship of decades with Mr. McCain, but friends say he has felt excluded from Mr. McCain's foreign policy operation and was impressed when...

Colin Powell For Obama’s VP?

Say Anything (Free subscription) | 07/20/2008

... Sen. Barack Obama if he were to select retired four-star general and former Secretary of State Colin Powell as his running-mate. If Obama were to choose Powell, 42% of likely voters nationwide said it would make them more likely to support the Democratic candidate - as did 42% of Democrats and 43% of political independents. If McCain’s campaigh has seen this - and I’m sure...

Obama-Powell '08?

Raising Kaine - Front Page (Free subscription) | 07/18/2008

According to Zogby , Barack Obama-Colin Powell looks like the strongest ticket for the Democrats. Zogby's analysis says: While just 10% of likely voters said the selection of Powell would make them less likely to vote for Obama - giving him a net positive of 32% - Obama's former challenger for the Democratic nomination, Sen. Hillary Clinton, fared less positively overall. Even...

Pawlenty gets bad news, Powell ringing endorsement in new Zogby poll

City Pages - The Blotter (Free subscription) | 07/18/2008

Every single group polled -- Republicans, Independents, likely voters -- said they'd be less likely to vote for John McCain if Tim Pawlenty were on the ticket. But man, do people like Colin Powell.

Zogby: Obama / Powell a Winner! [All Spin Zone]

The Liberal Blog Network (Free subscription) | 07/18/2008

Today, Zogby International released a poll indicating that of all potential VP picks for Barack Obama, Powell is clearly the selection of choice. But given that he was a willing enabler of the Bush administration's policies for over four years, that enough to disqualify him from consideration?

Impeachment Hearing This Friday

One Utah (Free subscription) | 23 hours ago

... and knows how to lay out a case for the jury, but what does he know first-hand? Secretary of State Colin Powell telling the UN Security Council about alleged Iraqi WMDs There are better witnesses available, with first-hand information to offer the committee. I have a few suggestions, you can add your ideas in the comments… 1. George Tenet was the Director of Central Intelligence and...

The US update

The Croydonian (Free subscription) | yesterday

Zogby's polling suggests that the best VP candidate for Obama is Colin Powell, with him delivering a net positive of 32% more likely to vote Dem, compared to a net 5% for Hillary Clinton. Bill Richardson is the only other to give a net boost, at 5%. Evan Bayh, Kathleen Sebelius and Tim Kaine (who?) are net negative of 4-6%. I suspect that the Powell effect is exagerrated due to...

Republicans for Obama Unite

Liberal Values (Free subscription) | 4 hours ago

... Institute), and Jack Holt (Texas businessman and former Marine). They also mention Chuck Hagel and Colin Powell as Republicans who have not yet endorsed Obama but who might do so in the future. They also asked Zell Miller who he is supporting this year, but have not received a response.

Turning a blind eye to murder

Bosnia (Free subscription) | 4 hours ago

... Other nations' troops had to risk being shot so Clinton could avoid being targeted at home. Colin Powell told Albright that US forces did deserts, not mountains.The UN security council put peacekeepers in there more as a substitute for real intervention, an excuse for effective inaction, than as a remedy. French troops stood by as Serbs murdered the Bosnian deputy prime minister in...

Ask? Tell? Where the Presidential Candidates Stand

Firedoglake (Free subscription) | 7 hours ago

Today, Congress held the first hearings about "Don't Ask Don't Tell" since the program was implemented early in the Clinton Administration , thanks to the obstructionism of then-Senator and Armed Forces Committee Chairman (and thwarted SecDef ) Georgia's Sam Nunn (D- Obama's Veep? ) who (as the man who gave us Dick Cheney as SecDef ), along with Joint Chiefs Chair Colin Powell , made...

Blacks advancing in military but miss out on top ranks

Houston Chronicle (Free subscription) | 16 hours ago

... mandating the end of segregation in the military.Best known among the four-stars is retired Gen. Colin Powell, who later became the country's first black secretary of state, under President Bush.In a stirring salute in the Capitol Rotunda on Wednesday, Powell said that as a youngster in 1948, it never occurred to him that he could rise to be chairman of the Joint Chiefs of...

Strides, hurdles still for blacks in military

Philadelphia Inquirer (Free subscription) | 14 hours ago

... mandating the end of segregation in the military. Best known among the four-stars is retired Gen. Colin Powell, who later became the first black secretary of state, under President Bush. In a stirring salute yesterday in the Capitol Rotunda, Powell said that as a youngster in 1948, he did not think he could rise to become chairman of the Joint Chiefs of Staff. But when he joined...

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