A Powell endorsement would only impact low-info, undecided voters.

[HiFructosePronSyrup]

Therefore, go ahead and tell any low-info, undecided voters whom you happen to know that Powell has already endorsed Obama.

It's not like they're going to know any better.

[geckosfeet]

1. Normally I would take a Powell endorsement as a negative. In this case,

I am willing to ignore it.

[uppityperson]

2. What if he endorses Obama? Would you say the same thing?

[npincus]

3. that's why he's influential. There are MANY out there.

[The Wielding Truth]

4. That's funny. We could tell the low-info's that Reagan endorsed

Obama.

[LynnTheDem]

5. A Powell endorsement would only incite the racist psychotic rightwingnuttery

to say `see how THEY all stick together!!!`

You cannot win against rightwingnuttery by any means other than eliminating them -which is a rightwingnut technique, not ours- or by shaming them into STFU.

The current problem is the psycho Palin` and John ``when it looked like lying or losing, I chose lying`` Mccain are making it permissable for these racist psychos to speak out loud.

They were always racist psychos; they were previously just shamed into keeping it more or less to themselves.

[Blarch]

6. The Powell endorsement will consume a week or so of news.

This is gold, pure gold.

Powell will endorse, the right wing will attack him and prolong the story, eating up precious days before the election. Dominating the news is the name of the game right now.

[ShortnFiery]

7. Powell was "a sane" GOP supporter until Junior's people got a hold of him.

He was NOT fired up to go to war with Iraq. I think IF Powell endorses Obama it will have a positive influence on Independents and the few sane GOPers out there "undecided."

[Ozma]

8. I am sorry, I don't agree. I think Powell will have an effect

on Vietnam Vets who are white, male, and fearful of Obama's lack of a military background. Some are low-info, but many of them are just fearful of a black POTUS who has never served, feel an allegiance to McCain as a former POW, but want a reason to vote for Obama to better themselves, their tax situation, their health care, etc etc.

[HiFructosePronSyrup]

9. Sounds low info to me.

Really scraping the bottom of the barrel in fact.

[stray cat]

10. Absolutely disagree - some people are still uncomfortable with Obama's lack of experience

Many of these are likely moderates who could go either direction and don't yet have confidence in Obama the person and a moderate miliatary/statesman like Colin Powell would likely comfort these type of voters