PostPartisan: October 19, 2008 - October 25, 2008

Thanks, But No Thanks to Absentee Voting

I’ve always been slow to embrace new fads. I didn’t go for brown as the “new black,” and since purple is now the “new black,” I’m certainly glad I stuck with the old. The same for following my parents’...

By Marie Cocco  | October 22, 2008; 8:00 PM ET  |  Permalink  |  Comments (133)
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Neimansgate

(Robert F. Bukaty / AP) I didn’t want to do it. I didn't want to write about Sarah Palin’s $150,000 shop op. Then my husband called to say that this was just up my alley. (Given the state of...

By Ruth Marcus  | October 22, 2008; 3:45 PM ET  |  Permalink  |  Comments (336)
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Powell's Predictable Endorsement

Gen. Colin Powell’s endorsement of Barack Obama for president, in effect ending Powell’s brief interlude as a Republican, was the least surprising and most predictable event of an unusually unpredictable election cycle. The interaction between Powell and the Republican...

By Robert Novak  | October 20, 2008; 10:20 PM ET  |  Permalink  |  Comments (444)
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The Powell Doctrine

In his unambiguous endorsement of Barack Obama on "Meet The Press" this morning, former Secretary of State Colin Powell utilized one of the major tenets of the Powell Doctrine: overwhelming force. This wartime edict, employed by Gen. Powell in...

By Jonathan Capehart  | October 19, 2008; 5:00 PM ET  |  Permalink  |  Comments (179)
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