Powell won't endorse Obama. Other than him saying that he's impressed by both candidates, I've seen nothing to convince me that he'll do such a thing. I'd be surprised if he didn't endorse McCain. And I'm not sure what Powell is referring to when it says "Powell is sensitive to racial attacks on Obama and especially on his wife Michelle." I haven't seen such attacks yet...
Also, I'm confused as to why everyone seems so enthralled with Obama Republicans. I saw a poll not long which found that there are twice as many McCain Democrats as there are Obama Republicans, yet no one seems to talk much about them. All I hear from the media is "Oh! Look at how Obama can reach across party lines!", despite McCain being much better at it.
The McCain-ocrats are certainly a much bigger problem for Obama than vice versa, IMO.
I haven't seen such attacks yet...
I saw an official RNC ad on Politico I believe..."If Barack Obama is elected, will it still be called the White House?"
^ Are you talking about the button sold at the Texas GOP convention?
Maybe that's what it was...but it was in the context of a Republican ad on Politico.com
Where have you been?
He didn't get kicked out; the Dallas Morning News reported on the button during the convention, the story took off on the Internet, and after the convention was over, its organizers made a point of publically pledging to donate that vendor's booth fee to charity and to not allow him at their convention again. It is true, though, that convention organizers don't generally vet individual items sold by convention vendors (the same vendor was also offering buttons reading, "Press 1 for English...Press 2 for Deportation").Vendors rent spaces,
once they saw his merchandise he got kicked out.
Can I see some examples?
I have yet to see John McCain or any prominent Republican figure invoke Obama's race or those dumb Muslim rumors into the campaign.
"Powell is sensitive to racial attacks on Obama and especially on his wife Michelle." I haven't seen such attacks yet...