Colin Powell

This morning on "Meet the Press" Colin Powell endorsed Barack Obama.

Some of the key excerpts from his interview:

*He is "troubled" by the direction of the modern Republican Party.
*He began to doubt McCain's judgment he chose Sarah Palin as his running mate because he believe she is ready to be President of the United States, which "is the job of the Vice President."
*He said McCain was "a little unsure of as to how to deal with the economic problems that we were having, and almost every day, there was a different approach to the problem, and that concerned me, sensing that he didn't have a complete grasp of the economic problems that we had."

Rush Limbaugh said it was because of race (but he's a bigot, so what should we expect?). Many Republicans said it was politically calculated. But I say screw them. Here is a guy, Colin Powell, who is the foremost expert on military matters in the entire Republican Party. He was viewed as the Republican Party's next Presidential nominee in the late 80's. He gave McCain the maximum donation of $2,300 only one year ago. He was the Secretary of State in a Republican administration and the Chairman of the Joint Chiefs of Staff... and, today, he endorsed Barack Obama.