Former Secretary of State, Gen. Colin Powell, endorsed President Obama’s reelection today.
Former Secretary of State Gen. Colin Powell, CBS via NPR
Correspondent Jim Stanley provides his count of GOP luminaries who endorse Obama in this election:
[H]ere are the ones I have tallied:
- Former Senator Larry Pressler of South Dakota;
- Former Reagan Budget Director David Stockman;
- Former Bush 41 Admin. Budget Director Bruce Bartlett;
- Former Rhode Island Senator and current Governor Linc Chaffee;
- Former Bush National Security Advisor Richard Clarke;
- Reagan Administration Asst. Atty. General Doug Kmiec;
- Former Florida Governor Charlie Crist;
- Former Nixon aide John Dean;
- Former Reagan Solicitor General Charles Fried;
- Former National Review Publisher Wick Allison; and
- From what I can see, former National Review columnist Chris Buckley has not issued an official 2012 endorsement but has said he has seen no reason to change his 2008 endorsement of Obama.
I don’t know if former Bush spokesman Scott McClellan will repeat his Obama endorsement. The only prominent Republican I know of who endorsed Obama in 2008 and has publicly switched his position is former Massachusetts Governor Bill Weld. Former Senator and Governor Lowell Weicker has also re-endorsed the President. Now, Weicker, Crist and Chaffee officially left the GOP over its extreme rightward drift, but they have not become Democrats.
I added links. Interesting. Dear Reader, do you know of others?
More:
- Powell Gives Obama His Endorsement for a Second Time (thecaucus.blogs.nytimes.com)
- Colin Powell endorses Obama again (NPR)
- Colin Powell endorses Obama for second term (nbcpolitics.nbcnews.com)
- Colin Powell endorses Barack Obama for president (cbsnews.com)
- Colin Powell backs Obama (politico.com)
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