Your right akuma. I used to be a part of the party, but what they have evolved into the last 8 years is disgusting. They are blaming everybody else for their own failures. The party would not be in this situation if it was not for bush and his cronies. You can only explain so much away before rational thought makes you question wtf is going on.

The religious right is venemous. They do not share the values the bible talks about. The bible talks about loving your neighbor, helping the poor, spreading the good news. The apostles never would have been like this. They go out and dig for dirt and revel when their misleading attacks annoy people, and when they make you upset they just call you a liberal, as if the work somehow is a cuss word. All they can talk about now is roe v wade and gay marriage, that is the only issue. That is literally all the republicans really are now. They talk about lowering taxes and spending, but its all talk. We saw that in the last 8 years. Its become a sad party. If they do not move more to the center and focus more on their economics then they will be irrelevent for many an election cycle.

Powell should've tried to be the Republican Vice President nominee. I greatly respect the man.

 I am not going to turn on him, I think he is wrong. He is looking at Obama as a "figure". He probably thinks the economy is not that important right now. We do not need socialism right now. I really doupt doupt that Powell would be doing this if Obama were just another uber liberal white guy. I also love how he is suddenly your idol, 10 bucks says if he would have picked McCain you would have cast him aside.

I think it is just because you are biased, I am biased and I think the left is more hateful than the right... that is if we are talking mainstream right v. mainstream left...

Now the FAR right is worse than the far left... but I think they are actually fewer in number, definitly less than they were 50 years ago. The far right are the hardcore racist who do all  the KKK stuff, bomb abortion clinics ect.

Did you watch the meet the press interview? He thinks it is important and he feels that the way mccain is running his campaign and the palin pick make him out to be unable to be a steady hand during the crisis. I think race is a non-factor in this, maybe just a little, but if you listen to the whole interview it is obvious that this would have happened even if Obama was a white guy. Then again, it may not have because McCain may not have run near as negative a campaign. But, like we all said earlier, the negative campaign from McCain is the one that has sealed the deal.

I always like Mr Powell. He always seemed like he detested Bush on the inside.

I would say his disagreements were with Secretary Rumsfeld, Deputy Secretary Wolfowitz and most of the Defense Department. That was the real battle in the administration: the State Department v. the Defense Department. Unfortunately, Vice President Cheney seemingly advocated the position of the DD, and President Bush listened to their advice and...well, we know how that turned out.

Dude, are you familiar with me? Have we met in real life? Did you go to my high school or college? When have you seen me bash the general? If you can say *yes* to any of those questions - but if not, mind your OWN BIZ. 

It's funny that a GOPer who was the first black Secretary of State and a trailblazer doesn't know socialism when he sees it? You really should lay off the juice, mang. Admit it - Powell's endorsement is huge and a major, damaging blow to McCain. Don't player hate, dude. Admit McCain was courting his friend Powell too but his actions are what put him and the GOP on the outs.

Colin Powell was a General, National Security Advisor under Reagan, Chairman of the Joint Chiefs of Staff under Bush 1 AND under Bill Clinton, and Secretary of State under Bush 2. The man worked for 4 presidents. When he switches parties, it's a HUGE fucking deal, and not based on anything petty like skin color.

I expect many more moderate Republicans that are on the fence to realize it's okay to cross party lines after Buckley lost his job and even Powell did it.

This is just the tip of the iceberg. The Republican Party is falling apart.

I liked Powell both before and after he endorsed Obama.

Looks like the story is getting quite a bit of traction online and throughout the media, which is good news for Obama.