Colin Powell a Reformed Sinner?
The radical shift in Powell's stance on LGBT issues should not give him a carte blanche. As chairman of the Joint Chiefs of Staff, Powell justified homophobia as a simple objection to a behavioral choice.
The radical shift in Powell's stance on LGBT issues should not give him a carte blanche. As chairman of the Joint Chiefs of Staff, Powell justified homophobia as a simple objection to a behavioral choice.
Joshuah Bearman | Posted 11.04.2008 | Politics
With McCain swinging at shadows, like ACORN, Rashid Khalidi, and the liberal media that won't tell the truth, the entire republican apparatus has devolved into an insidious rumor mill.
CNN | Posted 10.31.2008 | Politics
Former Reagan chief of staff Ken Duberstein told CNN's Fareed Zakaria this week he intends to vote for Democrat Barack Obama on Tuesday. Duberstein s...
Brian Normoyle | Posted 10.30.2008 | Politics
Nearly two years of presidential politics are finally coming to an end and it appears John McCain--out of "gimmicks du jour"--has decided to spend muc...
Holly Regan | Posted 10.27.2008 | Home
The moderates McCain once appealed to have been scared away by dirty politics and a vice presidential candidate who can't even hold her own against Katie Couric.
Wajahat Ali | Posted 10.23.2008 | Politics
Powell's surprisingly tolerant words reflect a growing Republican self-awareness of previously unchecked "smear by Muslim association" rhetoric.
Bob Starks | Posted 10.22.2008 | Chicago
Mr. Almost President, it is time for you to give serious consideration to the concerns that have been expressed by the leadership of the African-American community.
McClatchy | Nancy A. Youssef | Posted 10.22.2008 | Politics
WASHINGTON -- "Joe the Plumber" was only one of two Americans injected into the presidential election this past week. The other was Kareem Rashad Sul...
Disgrasian | Posted 10.21.2008 | Politics
...somebody shared this necessary, obvious statement with our big, dumb, xenophobic, pretty-damn-racist country America: "It is permitted to be said...
Peter J. Ognibene | Posted 10.21.2008 | Home
Colin Powell's announcement on Sunday that he is supporting Barack Obama for President dominated the news, as well as it should. The chattering class ...
Arianna Huffington | Posted 10.20.2008 | Politics
Age has finally become an issue for John McCain. But the problem isn't the candidate's 72 years; it's the antediluvian approach of his campaign.
Ilan Goldenberg | Posted 10.20.2008 | Politics
Years from now when we look back at Powell's endorsement of Obama there may be an even bigger story. It is the story of the end of the Republican foreign policy establishment as we know it.
John Ridley | Posted 10.20.2008 | Politics
Factually, most blacks don't vote for blacks just because they are black. It does not appear as though black America is handing Obama a "he's one of us" vote.
HuffingtonPost.com | Jason Linkins | Posted 10.20.2008 | Politics
Neil Cavuto's interview with Mitt Romney today was largely unremarkable in the annals of campaign shillery, save for one moment where Cavuto asked Rom...
Lee Camp | Posted 10.20.2008 | Politics

Jon Soltz | Posted 10.20.2008 | Politics
We can only hope that Powell's words shake more Republicans from their electoral daze, and cause them to object to the damage the far-right smear campaign is doing to America.
HuffingtonPost.com | Jason Linkins | Posted 10.20.2008 | Politics
As if Colin Powell needed one more reminder of the toxic level of political discourse that, in part, fueled his decision to endorse Barack Obama, poli...
David Sirota | Posted 10.20.2008 | Politics
Powell's endorsement gives Obama a small bump, but it doesn't give him a huge positive boost on deeper foreign policy issues because Powell has destroyed his own credibility.
Geoffrey Dunn | Posted 10.20.2008 | Politics
Powell's endorsement of Obama has apparently driven conservative talk show host Rush Limbaugh apoplectic, if not downright over the edge.
HuffingtonPost.com | Jason Linkins | Posted 10.20.2008 | Politics
In the wake of Colin Powell's endorsement of Barack Obama, conservative critics offered some pushback on the General's decision, with several, most no...
Andy Ostroy | Posted 10.20.2008 | Politics
The big question is when and if -- and by how much -- McCain, Gov. Sarah Palin and the Republican attack machine will attempt to impugn the character and military record of Powell.
John Liebhardt | Posted 10.20.2008 | Home
Why shouldn't a Muslim child born and raised in the U.S. not be able to dream that she could one day be the president of the U.S.?
David Kirby | Posted 10.19.2008 | Politics
It seems to me that Powell blamed officials of his own party for quietly encouraging, if not actually fomenting, lies about Obama being a Muslim.
Nancy Snow | Posted 10.19.2008 | Politics
Powell's endorsement of Obama for President is far more influential than any of the newspapers that have so far endorsed him.
HuffingtonPost.com | Seth Colter Walls | Posted 10.19.2008 | Politics
Former National Security Adviser Zbigniew Brzezinski tells the Huffington Post that Gen. Colin Powell's endorsement of Barack Obama represents a "comp...
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Emma Ruby-Sachs | Posted 12.15.2008 | Politics