Powell

I am not normally of the view that endorsements mean much in Presidential politics. But Colin Powell’s endorsement of Obama today is a real sledgehammer blow to the already staggering McCain campaign. Not just because a Powell endorsement shores up Obama’s shaky foreign policy bona fides, but even more because of the content of Powell’s [...]

Kareem Rashad Sultan Khan

Colin Powell spoke in his MTP interview of being moved by a photo essay he saw in a magazine: It was a photo essay about troops who are serving in Iraq and Afghanistan. And one picture at the tail end of this photo essay was of a mother in Arlington Cemetery, and she had her [...]

Powell Endorses Obama

Colin Powell today announced on NBC’s Meet the Press he’s crossing party lines and to become the highest-ranking Republican to endorse Barack Obama. The former general and secretary of state under President Bush said that after following the race closely for the last two months, he was left troubled by the McCain’s handling of the [...]

Obama Raised $150 Million in September

For weeks, rumors have been circulating of an astonishing total, and indeed it was–more than double the record $67 million the campaign raised in August. This email from Obama Communications Director Dan Pfeiffer: Obama for America Campaign Manager David Plouffe sent an email to our supporters this morning to announce our September fundraising numbers. In [...]