re: #15 darthstar

Powell’s endorsement in 2008 came as a shock to the McCain campaign, as it showed a break in the Bush alliance. This year, some were wondering if Powell was just waiting for the Foreign Policy debate or if he was seriously considering Mitt Romney - and used that possibility to show Obama losing support among respected political figures. Had he endorsed Romney, we would hear nothing but 24/7 talk about how doomed, doomed, DOOMED President Obama was. Now it’s just an endorsement and probably “doesn’t mean all that much” according to Republicans.

I think part of the reason why the 2008 Powell endorsement was shocking was that Powell had actually endorsed McCain when he ran in the primaries but my guess is he saw what McCain started pandering to along with Obama proving not to the left wing ideologue he’s made out to be. I agree though, they will treat this as just as another endorsement even though if he had endorsed Romney as you say, they’d be talking about Obama was doomed.