More Powell to Him
June 26th, 2008Robert Novak has written an article on potential Republicans for Obama whose defections John McCain is said to fear, and the two biggest names on the list are Chuck Hagel and Colin Powell.
“The national security adviser for Ronald Reagan left the present administration bitter about being ushered out of the State Department a year earlier than he wanted. As an African American, friends say, Powell is sensitive to racial attacks on Obama and especially on Obama’s wife, Michelle. While McCain strategists shrug off defections from Bruce Bartlett and Larry Hunter, they wince in anticipating headlines generated by Powell’s expected endorsement of Obama.”
Time’s “The Page” speculates that Powell could be a surprise speaker at the Democratic Convention in Denver, and I think that would be a development worth some note but would anyone outside of Beltway gossip parties care? I’d guess that, generally, not.