Colin Powell's endorsement of Democrat Barack Obama may have seemed a shocking about-face for the longtime Republican, but the move was entirely in keeping with Powell's reputation as a shrewd political survivor intent on retouching a legacy tarnished by his early support of the Iraq war.
- Former Secretary of State Colin Powell endorsed Sen. , D-Ill., for president on Sunday, criticizing his own Republican Party for what he called its narrow focus on irrelevant personal attacks over a serious approach to challenges he called unprecedented.
Colin Powell, a Republican and retired general who was President Bush's first secretary of state, broke with the party Sunday and endorsed Democrat Barack Obama for president, calling him a "transformational figure" while criticizing the tone of John McCain's campaign.
Asafa Powell ran the second-fastest 100 meters in the world, clocking 9.72 seconds at the Athletissima Grand Prix meeting on Tuesday.
Asafa Powell withdrew Tuesday from the Gaz de France meet because of a groin cramp, not wanting to take any risks with the Olympics less than a month away.
Former 100-meter world record holder Asafa Powell has pulled out of the final at the Golden Gala meet due to a groin problem.
- Eight years ago, Gen. Colin Powell had nothing but praise for Republican presidential candidate George W. Bush.
World-record holder Asafa Powell won't race for the next two months because of a chest injury. His manager says the sprinter will be able to run at the Beijing Olympics in August.
Former Secretary of State Colin Powell said Thursday that President Bush's successor will have to come to grips with the reality that the United States cannot continue to keep such large numbers of troops in Iraq and Afghanistan.
The federal official in charge of rebuilding the Gulf Coast after the 2005 hurricanes said he submitted his resignation on Friday because he wants to return to Texas to get back into banking.
There’s only one thing worse than a shock jock who makes fun of everyone except the person he’s sucking up to on the air at that moment — a shock jock who’s realized the error of his airwaves.
Iran is far from acquiring a nuclear weapon, and despite U.S. fears about its atomic intentions, an American military strike against the Islamic Republic is unlikely, former Secretary of State Colin Powell said Sunday.
Former Secretary of State Colin Powell expressed hope Wednesday for a peaceful and diplomatic resolution to Iran's nuclear row.
President Bush's Gulf Coast rebuilding chief said Monday that the federal government is living up to its responsibility in helping the region recover from the 2005 hurricanes, but suggested that state and local leaders weren't doing enough to put federal dollars to use.
World record holder Asafa Powell won the 100 meters Tuesday with the fastest sprint in the world this year.
Asafa Powell is alone again as the world's fastest man. "I said I would get it back one way or another," Powell said.
Powell's Books' flagship store is so large, visitors get a map at the door. Not that some people would ever want to find their way back out.
We've had time for the dust to settle since the announcement by Colin Powell of his support of Barack Obama for President.
"Joe the Plumber" was only one of two Americans injected into the presidential election this past week. The other was Kareem Rashad Sultan Khan, whom former Secretary of State Colin Powell invoked in his endorsement Sunday of Barack Obama.
And now here's Powell, probably the only Republican moderate with a meaningful national profile, speaking in detail about problems with McCain, about the process of growing disillusioned with McCain, and vouching for Obama's readiness to lead and fitness for office.
During the October 20 broadcast of his nationally syndicated radio show, Michael Savage said, "Do you think Colin Powell came out for BO [Sen.
FORMER US Secretary of State Colin Powell will be asked to serve as a White House adviser if Barack Obama is elected president, the Democratic nominee said today.
While this endorsement is politically important to Obama, it also says something to the Republican Party and future GOP candidates: The party simply must re-examine what it stands for and the campaign tactics it uses if it wants to be successful.
Political analysts generally discount the impact of endorsements on an election campaign — especially one so late in the season as Colin Powell's Sunday of Barack Obama.
Columnist Eugene Robinson looks at Colin Powell's Sunday morning endorsement of Barack Obama for President of the United States.
Powell deserves an apology. Powell no more deserved to have his thorough and well thought out 6 minute response explaining his position and reasons for endorsing Barack Obama trivialized and slandered then each of you deserve to have your reasons for voting questioned.
There's more of Rush than ever to diss these days. What a bloat.
I instinctively recoil from uttering certitudes, so I won't make the case that the Powell validation constitutes game, set, and match for Obama. On the other hand, McCain has virtually no spin options on this one.
If Powell was driven by race for political decisions, why was he a member of the Republican party for so many years when blacks support the democrats over republicans by 90%.
Of course, Colin Powell was the one who counseled George H.W. Bush not to help the Shiites and Kurds when they when they rose up to depose him and watched as Saddam Hussein slaughtered countless numbers of them.
Colin Powell's endorsement of Sen. Barack Obama was as much a rejection of the Republican Party and Sen. John McCain's campaign as an embrace of the Democratic presidential nominee, political analysts said Monday.
The endorsement by Colin Powell of Barack Obama as the best choice to lead the country through challenges at home and abroad marks what could be a turning point in the campaign.
Please read the excerpts as follow:
Brzezinski endorses Powells endorsement for Obama . Wow - this is a very intelligent man! Please take the time to watch this segment of the show. It is well worth your time.
Colin Powell got us into the war in Iraq under false pretenses (and fake Anthrax)... Should we trust him now with his latest "flimsy" endorsement of Barack Obama?
This summer, the photographer Platon took pictures of hundreds of men and women who volunteered to serve in the military and were sent to Iraq or Afghanistan.
Clarence Thomas takes a look at the foundation of our Democracy, The Constitution and the new attitudes about the relationship between government and us.
Colin Powell, the Republican elder statesman and former Bush administration secretary of state, on Sunday ended speculation on where he stood on the White House race by endorsing Barack Obama, saying that the Democratic nominee had the makings of an "exceptional president".
In his unambiguous endorsement of Barack Obama on "Meet The Press" this morning, former Secretary of State Colin Powell utilized one of the major tenets of the Powell Doctrine: overwhelming force. This wartime edict, employed by Gen.
Oct. 20, 2006 - Dear Senator Obama, Please run for PotUS. Thank You.