A decade ago Powell was lined up to be the man this year for the Republicans, I had a lot of respect for him as did a whole lot of people on both sides of the isle. After his participation in the Bush administrations efforts to get into war with Iraq his credibility has been just shattered, and he didn't do anything to step out and correct things to regain his status. As Ray pointed out, five years after the fact, WAY TOO LONG... Had he stepped up and spoke out before election '04 he could have been the nominee today...
Irie