Today is yet another good day for Barack Obama's campaign as Colin Powell publically endorsed Obama for President via Meet the Press on NBC. The Post, once this was announced, immediately had the front page of their website taken over with the announcement. This, of course, was such a major announcement because of Powell's affiliation with the Republican party as well as being the former Secretary of State under President Bush's administration. The article was largely complimentary of Powell's decision to endorse Obama and of course highlighted how fatal of a blow this could be for the McCain/Palin campaign. Powell, during the interview, outlined many reasons of why he chose Obama to support and the one thing that the Post picked out was McCain's choice of Palin as a running mate. The article also highlighted Powell's reasoning to not be because of his race, either, but because of a well educated decision in looking at both parties and both candidates and seeing which one was more of what the country was in need of at this time. If this were a right leaning newspaper, surely there would have been multiple well planned out criticisms of Powell's choice; however, since the Post is a liberal leaning paper that has already come out to endorse Obama, their review of Powell is nothing short of glowing, all the while telling how bad this will be for an already hurting McCain campaign. With more and more people and media outlets endorsing Obama, even the Chicago Tribune which is a right-wing newspaper, the Post is not the only one seeing a downturn in McCain's campaign. And this time, not even an SNL visit from Sarah Palin or Joe the Plumber might be able to help.
TOP 5
1. Third/Final Presidential Debate
2. Virginia and North Carolina Favoring Obama
3. Joe the Plumber
4. Colin Powell Endorses Obama
5. Palin SNL Visit
Powell's Interview
Palin Saturday Night Live Rap
Sunday, October 19, 2008
It's Electrifying!
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