I couldn’t help but take issue with something John McCain said when he reacted to GW alum Gen. Colin Powell’s full-out endorsement of Barack Obama. On Fox News this morning, McCain stated that “[t]his [endorsement] doesn’t come as a surprise.” Really? Why is that? Powell, after all, gave McCain the maximum $2,300 last year. There are really only four explanations I can think of that would explain why Mac thinks this is such a natural turn of events.

1. McCain believes that Obama has the foreign policy gravitas to secure the endorsement of a former national security advisor, secretary of state, and chairman of the Joint Chiefs of Staff — from another party.

2. McCain is happy to go with the assumption that anyone outside of an ever-narrowing band of beliefs is not welcome in the Republican Party. Powell’s neorealist foreign policy and centrist views on some social issues are not in accord with the GOP hardliners. Ergo, he ought to start defecting from the Party of Palin.

3. McCain thinks Powell is petty and vindictive, and that he just wants to get back at the GOP for being mistreated during W.’s first term.

4. McCain assumes that Powell is endorsing Obama because they are both black.

Do illuminate your thought process for us, Johnny.

Tags: 2008 Election, Barack Obama, Colin Powell, Endorsements, John McCain

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