I am not happy about the Powell endorsement.

[Liberal Veteran]

I am ecstatic.

While he is certainly not my favorite person under the sun and I still carry a grudge about his enabling of the Iraq war, I know that many people towards the middle of the political spectrum have an enormous amount of respect for him.

For me, it's a huge victory for Obama and goes a bit of the way toward making up for the damage he caused.

[CTLawGuy]

1. as I opened the link I thought

"I am ecstatic" ;) good one!

[rainman99]

2. It's a huge victory. I respect him for leaving the Bush admin.

That proved to me that he knew it was wrong. He believed they had
weapons of mass destruction and was lied to like everyone else.

[TheCowsCameHome]

3. Even better because McCain didn't get to claim him in his corner

Gramps let a big fish get away.

[BrklynLiberal]

5. Ditto!!

:thumbsup: :hi:

[jobycom]

4. Powell always sides with the frontrunner, and always apologizes

for siding with the frontrunner before that one. If Obama fails, Powell wil do a mea culpa for this endorsement as he moves back to the other side.

No matter. If it helps Obama win, and it costs us nothing, it works for me. Doesn't change my opinion of Powell, though.

[Cha]

6. Hey, Powell could have

endorsed mccain today on mtp but from his ringing Obama endorsement and just exactly why..that would have been out of the question!

[cliffordu]

7. I'm with you, my friend.

:patriot:

[wellstone dem]

8. The way he endorsed Obama healed some of the wounds for me

especially after I read this post.

http://www.democraticunderground.com/discuss/duboard.php?az=show_mesg&forum=132&topic_id=7523670&mesg_id=7523670