While listening to Powell's interview with Brokaw, I actually teared up. Here was a Republican acting like a respectable human being. He said Obama is not a Muslim, he's a lifelong Christian, but what if he was a Muslim? This is America and it shouldn't matter.
And he referred to McCain's robo-calls about Obama's terrorist connections as "demogogury". And he said Palin is not qualified to become president, which is the # pre-condition to pick a VP and therefore represents McCains failure it judgement.
Powell voiced obviously decent positions that I've been waiting to hear from respectable Republicans.
I hope Powell will give cover to more Republicans and Independents to speak out at the work place and around the dinner table and distance themselves from the Hannity-Rove-Limbaugh-Palin sleaze machine.