The big news of the political cult today is that former Secretary of State Colin Powell endorsed Senator Barack Obama on his candidacy for the President of the United States of America. The reason that it is such big news is that Colin Powell is a high ranking republican and Barack Obama is a democrat. Most people expected him to endorse republican presidential nominee John McCain, who is also a close friend of Colin Powell’s. This move by Colin Powell throws a direct hit against the republican campaign for president, which is already losing influence among voters. Secretary of State Powell gave his reasons for endorsing Obama. In one interview he said, “I think we need a transformational figure. I think we need a president who is a generational change and that's why I'm supporting Barack Obama, not out of any lack of respect or admiration for Senator John McCain.”
Many staunch republicans are significantly unhappy about this endorsement by Colin Powell. As a high ranking official his endorsement of Obama fed the democratic presidential campaign substantially and made the Republican Party look undesirable. If a party’s most high ranked members are not even voting for its party nominee, then why would any sway voters feel inclined to do so. The Obama campaign has reeled in a big dog of the Republican Party.
Now some people have a different view on why Colin Powell decided to support Barack Obama. One of the most popular views is that on race. Some say that Republican Colin Powell endorsed Democrat Barack Obama because he is black, just like Colin Powell. When asked the question in an interview Colin Powell made clear that his decision was not based on race, but on quality. Colin Powell for the most part had the same reasons for endorsing Obama as many other people did. But I do not understand why he would make such a significant political move like endorsing a democrat for president.
It’s true that he could be telling the truth when he says he is voting for Barack for quality, but there are some things I cannot believe. I cannot believe that he would betray his party just like that; that is his clique. I know sometimes you have problems in the clique, but you work them out. You just don’t go to the other side, but you stay down with the clique through thick and thin. If he was a “real” republican he would like to see the republicans stay in power I believe. He would not do anything to hurt the party like he did. Colin Powell commented that he did not like John McCain’s views on the best way to run the Executive. I can believe him on that, but I don’t believe what John McCain was saying was all that bad to do something like give his “high ranking” support to a democrat for president. It would have been better if he would have just endorsed McCain because with Powell’s endorsement or not, Obama is still going to win. Thus, Colin Powell still would have seen Obama in office.
I don’t know why Colin Powell did what he did, but I think it was a irresponsible in relevance to the republican party.
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