The Huffington Post has a front page story about Colin Powell's forthcoming endorsement. According to the article, he will most likely endorse Obama after tonight's debate.
This will be a short diary as I am in class and my students are taking a midterm. Can't really wax poetic right now--but I wanted to get this out.
An excerpt that is music to my ears:
When Colin Powell turns off his TV after the final presidential debate, he will have learned everything he is going to learn about the candidates vying to succeed his former boss, George W. Bush. Powell has made it clear that he has been thinking about an endorsement for a long time but wanted to hear more from the candidates before making his choice. It now seems beyond doubt that Colin Powell will endorse Barack Obama and thereby hammer the final nail in the coffin of the Republican campaign to hold onto the White House.
This would be EXCELLENT timing and would dominate the pundit-speak for days. It would be part of the mass defection of GOPers from the McCain ticket (there is a diary about this recommended right now). And, as this piece points out, it would be THE news for days:
Powell's endorsement will be perfectly timed to dominate a news cycle or two. It will give Obama the one thing he still needs more of--credibility as Commander-In-Chief. And Sarah Palin's speechwriters will be hard pressed to come up with a condescending quip about it.
I hope this turns out to be true!