It comes as no surprise that Colin Powell would endorse Obama. Colin Powell would certainly not be where he is without the Republicans and now he wnats to promote his own agenda and slap them in the face. Poor man, he needs help - It does matter that he said on Sunday that it did not matter if Obama was a Muslin - well this nation was founded on Christian principles but since he is not from here maybe he does not know that. Powell promotes his own agenda, pure and simple. It is so sad to see a man so untruthful about why he is supporting Obama. If he wants to support him that is one thing, but does he have to slap the hands that fed him. I guess so, because that is what he has done.

Janice, maybe Colin Powell has begun to relaize that the Republican party is not the one he joined so many years ago. It has gone from conservative to hatered in less than eight years. I have always voted for a Republican President but Have already voted for Obama. I think he was telling the truth about why he is supporting Obama because the reasons are very similar if not exactly the same as mine. The economy and the war which have been mishandled and Sarah Palin.

Janice -

Stop with the lies and do a little fact checking. Obama is a Christian. Obama understands more about what it means to be a Christian than you do since you persist in spreading bold faced lies. Learn how to make a legitimate political argument rather than relying on the disgusting fear tactics of the right wing.

JANICE:

This country belonged to RED/AMERICAN INDIANS not Christians (Please Go thru the history).

and one more thing JANICE!
This country was built on religous tolerence for all Faiths...NO ONE GROUP OWNS RELIGON!

Actually, Janice, most of the founders of country--even the ones who were firm Christians, rather than deists--insisted on a constitution based on the concept of natural law, not Christian theology.

This being the case, Powell is absolutely correct: While Obama is not and has never been a Muslim, it would be perfectly in line with this nation's principles if he were.

Janice get real

Powell fought a long hard road

and it can be argued strongly that if it weren't for Republicans Powell would have been President of the United States.

their lies are what got him sunk.

It is more apt to say Powell actually got the republicans their white house...if he had gone dem 8 years ago ...the republicans would have lost everything...

and we would have been better off.

Politico is running a story in which it quotes an anonymous McCain staffer as saying Colorado, Iowa and Nevada are "gone."

Iowa is no big surprise as Obama has been up in polls there consistently and has a huge organization. But interesting about Colorado and Nevada.

The RNC pushed back with a counter release, saying it wasn't giving up on any of those states.

What else could they say? If Obama holds all of the blue states from '04, and adds Colorado and Nevada, he wins with that alone.

Though as a Virginia resident, I'm happy to note that Rasmussen has become the third polling organization to put Obama's lead here at 10 points. And there's some indicators that North Carolina could be breaking for Obama, too, though it would still be more of a surprise there.

Janice: This country was not founded by Christians nor was it founded to be a "Christian country." It was founded by deists such as Thomas Jefferson who did not believe in the divinity of Jesus Christ and even produced his own edited version of the New Testament leaving out the bits that declare that Jesus is God. Jefferson and his compatriots well knew the dangers of a religious state and so wrote the separation of church and civil government into our constitution. A faithful Muslim is as qualified to be president as a faithful Jew or a faithful Christian or a faithful Hindu or a person of no faith. It does not matter what faith a person holds, or if he or she holds any. What matters is their ability to govern and to lead, and it is on that basis that Gen. Powell endorsed Sen. Obama.

dl - actually I have heard that it is his wife that does not want him to run for office.

Now that Powell has emerged from the darkness he should start by telling us how he allowed America (as Sec of State) to be rail-roaded into the Iraq war. Once he explains that then maybe I would care about his other opinions

Exactly Steve, Powell didn't have the gonads to do his job and stand up against Bush and Cheney so now we need to watch his get even with them thru this public display.

Once a Muslin always a Muslin, check their upbringing, and then there is Rev. ? Wright who is Rev. Wrong! To be raised in Chicago politics is enough for the rest of the US to say NO! The most corrupt city in the US and he has no connection to them. Yea right.
I was raised a southern Democrat until Mr. Carter, and yes the last 8 have not gone well at all, but we seem to forget 9-11 or we want to forget these people want us DEAD because they can't tell us to bow down to the east and their wants of thinking or not think as it maybe.
Give us a free life don't let the elitist of the left tell us how to live our lives as Bill, Hillary and now this Chicago lawyer wants us to live.
We are free because of men like McCain and my father and grandfather who raised us to stand up for what is right not close our eyes to like these people want. Just think about it, a government strong enough to give you all is very soon taking it AWAY,in the way of taxes and freedoms.
Just look back 100 years and see how many taxes there were and now, taxes on all thing we have and less freedoms.
IGNORE the media,Think for YOURSELF!

dl: "...and it can be argued strongly that if it weren't for Republicans Powell would have been President of the United States."

Actually I suspect Powell would have been president in 1996 or 2000 if he had decided to run. The Republicans wanted him, but he said he wasn't interested.

He said he put his wife through a lot for his entire military career, including frequent moves, etc. Everything that comes with being an Army wife. And in return he promised her she'd make their big life decisions after he retired. She didn't want him to run for president.

The idea that Powell was influenced by race is an insult to the man and to black people in general. I am white and am old enough to have incorporated some racial stereotyping. But in my years the one thing that I have learned is that most African Americans are way out ahead of whites on the racial issue. They were far more willing to accept me as a white man than I had been of accepting them as black.

That said, Mr Powell's remarks expressed my feelings about the two candidates so precisely that race could hardly have played any part in his decision on his preference. Those who say that his decision was about race are trying to deflect attention from the basic issue of the ethical and intellectual bankruptcy of modern Republicanism or they are simply too stupid to understand people different than themselves.

Eric please, I have more governing experience than Obama and Biden combined. As a matter of fact Palin has 100% more governing experience than both of them combined. That's the problem - rethoric does not get the job done.

Powell is no longer Bush's Secretary of State. My belief is that being a thoughtful christian person with integrity, he could no longer represent the lies and deceit that got us into the Iraq war in order to privatize Iraq's oil. Not all of us can wash our hands of war for profit.

Janice...
You are a Moron plain an simple... Racist to boot... Powel bit the hand that fed him, how dare you!!! so what did George Bush do to the American people as a whole!!!! who pays George Bush's salary?

Oh really? One of the 90 to 94% of black Americans is endorsing another black American and possibly future employer? What a surprise!

This is a non-starter as news. Who cares?

Curious that Powell endorses this guy though. If he is a crook and Powell vouches for him does that mean he is a bad judge of character? Does that mean his endorsement of Obama is wrong?

What I want to know is who is getting paid of when?

I think that it may be time for the Republicans to take back their party from the hater mongers who have been running this party lately. All of the good "Christian" people really need to look at themselves and their behavior. If the Democrates win this election, the Republicans will have no one to blame but themselves and their hateful ways.