(This article appears today at Tina Brown’s “The Daily Beast.” Here is the actual link to my piece.) This morning, about a nanosecond after Colin Powell gave his endorsement of Barack Obama for President, I called his long-time aide and former State Department Chief of Staff Lawrence Wilkerson.
This morning on Meet the Press, Colin Powell endosed Barack Obama for President of the United States. Take that, Bill Kristol. . .
Obama has raised a breathtaking $150 million over the last month. Incredible. But Obama campaign manager David Plouffe, who reported the take said enough isn’t enough. According to CNN: In a video to supporters, Obama campaign manager David Plouffe said a record 632,000 new donors gave to the campaign, with the average contribution under $100….
More and more conservatives — real conservatives — are abandoning John McCain. They respect his service to the nation. They revere him for his patriotism, his POW past, his willingness to break with party leaders to do what the country really needed at key moments.
This is very cool. Thanks to the blogger who did it.
(photo credit: Steven Clemons) I am participating in an excellent two day forum in Chicago organized by the Global Business Policy Council of A.T. Kearney. On Thursday, A.T.
This morning, long term Colin Powell aide and former State Department Chief of Staff Lawrence Wilkerson sent me a note seeming to downgrade the chance that General Powell might endorse Barack Obama (or John McCain). Wilkerson wrote: Steve: By the way, this is how I see tomorrow’s TV appearance.
Politico‘s Mike Allen and others think that Colin Powell “may” endorse Barack Obama this weekend on Meet the Press. Note the word “may.” I agree with Mike Allen that Powell may take this action — or may endorse John McCain. I queried General Powell on his intentions and on another matter.
I just taped a fun yet serious segment with Rachel Maddow a few moments ago on McCain’s Sarah Palin-like failure to vet “Joe the Plumber”. It should be on her show on the Air America network tonight.
My colleague Nir Rosen, who is also a contributor to The Washington Note, is quickly becoming the preeminent Robert Kaplan-esque chronicler of Islamist insurgencies and conflict. Rosen’s latest piece, “How We Lost the War We Won: A Journey Into Taliban-Controlled Afghanistan” appears in Rolling Stone.
