Colin Powell Endorses Barack Obama for President
President Obama picked up another big (if unsurprising) endorsement today: Colin Powell Endorses Barack Obama for President.
(CBS News) Former Secretary of State Colin Powell broke with the Republican party during the 2008 election, to endorse then-candidate Barack Obama for president, calling Obama a “transformational figure.”
With 12 days to go before the presidential election, Powell publicly endorsed President Obama for re-election on “CBS This Morning” Thursday
“I voted for him in 2008 and I plan to stick with him in 2012