Politics
Election 2012: Obama not guaranteed to get Colin Powell endorsement for re-election
Powell said he’s “still listening” to Republican ideas, calling Romney “a good man,” and saying he wasn’t ready to make a commitment to Obama.
Powell has been an enigmatic figure in the Republican Party, a man who’s name often has been mentioned in both presidential and vice presidential speculation, and the first black to rise to the position of head of the Joint Chiefs of Staff.
Two years ago, Powell told graduates of South Carolina’s premier historically black university that, among other things, he had been particularly heartened by a recent event.
“That was when President Obama took out his birth certificate and blew away Donald Trump and all the birthers,” he told students at South Carolina State University.
Powell also supported Obama in the president’s fight to get the U.S. Senate to ratify the New START treaty with Russia.
Copyright 2012 The Associated Press.
