Quote Originally Posted by Brett
^^ Granted he wont get all Obamas votes but there are many blacks who are voting for Obama simply for the reason he is black and not for what he stands for, and Colin Powell has been very well respected and known for many many years and I think that will swing some of the white voters from Obama and also take some of the black vote away as well from him. Powell is a stronger name and a good person to have on your ticket for sure.
That is quite a broad assumption, Barack was against the war in Iraq and Colin Powell was a part of the administration that got the ball rolling. Furthermore people like to assume Barack gets the black vote because he is black but it is kind of hard to support Hillary's campaign when she has made statements about blacks over the past few months. That only leaves Barack.. when this campaign started Hillary had more black support than Barack but obviously that has now changed and I guarantee that is due to Hillary's campaign more than Barack's race.

By the way Colin Powell is a Barack supporter (not openly but in many interviews has stated his support and admiration of Obama, not necessarily all of his policies) don't expect this to happen.