Style & Substance

Hot damn. Colin Powell just did it. He came out for Barack Obama as president on "Meet the Press." Powell seemed particularly bothered by the exaggeration surrounding Obama's relationship with William Ayers and the Republican parties dismissal of our Muslim Americans, citing a photo essay in which a mother is laying over the grave of her Muslim son, an American born in New Jersey, who died in Iraq. And he said that Obama had style AND substance.

This is a huge coup for Obama. Despite the WMD nonsense the Bush administration foisted on him prior to the Iraq invasion, Powell still has a lot of respect, I think, in politics. I wonder who on the right will be next. First Christopher Buckley, son of the late arch conservative William F. Buckly, and now Powell.

Powell to the People

Per Yahoo News:

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.