Powell Endorses Obama - Of Course, I Slept Through It

I woke up early today and almost turned on the TV to watch Meet the Press. Something was telling me I should. And of course, today's the day that Meet the Press makes huge huge news because Colin Powell endorsed Obama. Sadly for me, it's day 3 of this nasty cold which makes my joints feel like lead (ever get that?). So I just went back to bed and missed it.

Powell also gave a fantastic rebuttal to the crappy anti-Muslim tone taken on in the campaign season. I'm glad a more public figure finally attempted to put an end to the idea of equating the Muslim faith with anti-Americanism. That notion itself is anti-American. Argh.

Anyhoo, MSNBC informs me that today was a good day to have a cold and sleep in because they're re-airing it even more than they usually do on Sundays, so I will be able to see the whole thing on TV, instead of just these MSNBC snippets.

I think the endorsement will have a subtle effect. As mentioned previously, I love the site 538 and I really want to marry Nate Silver. (C'mon, Nate, write back already. I still haven't heard from you! But I guess I can wait until Nov 5, when the election is over and you're a little less busy...).

Anyhoo, Nate posted an entry about how the McCain camp -- using his still-high favorabilities in the "foreign policy" realm -- might try to have that play into a foreign policy type October surprise, to pick up more McCain votes. He suggested that Obama try to head that off by surrounding himself with "foreign policy people" endorsements. This endorsement certainly plays to that. [I cannot find this link anymore; did my cold medicine make me hallucinate it?]

UPDATE: I read the articles early Sat AM at work and confused Arianna Huffington's post on her site, THe Huffington Post, with a special guest column of a similar but not exactly the same vain that I read on Nate's. My b. Anywhatitz, here's the link to that good article, not from Nate but from Arianna Huffington.

Ah, political junkie theory. It's so silly but not. What will I do after November 4? No more Red Sox to follow. No more presidential campaign to follow...I think I'm take up knitting. It's getting cold out there these days.