Powell Far More Likely than Obama to Beat McCain

It’s a good thing for Republicans that Colin Powell is still one of them.

Powell, the popular former secretary of state and chief of the Joint Chiefs of Staff, handily beats Republican presidential candidate John McCain in a one-on-one match-up. This comes at a time when Barack Obama holds a very slight lead over McCain in the Rasmussen Reports daily Presidential Tracking Poll.

Powell, the best-known African-American in the Republican Party, beats McCain more than two-to-one, 54% to 26%, with 21% of voters undecided.

An identical number of Democrats (75%) prefer either Obama or Powell over McCain.
But while 84% of GOP voters favor McCain against Obama, just 48% favor him over Powell, who pulls 35% of GOP voters in a contest with his fellow Republican.

Unaffiliated voters give the edge to McCain over Obama 41% to 35%. But Powell beats McCain among unaffiliateds 44% to 21%.

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In a separate survey, 81% of voters say relations between whites and blacks are better than in the 1960s and 62% say those relations are getting better. Only 16% say they’re getting worse, while 18% say things are just about the same. These numbers are comparable to findings on the same questions in July.

Rumors have circulated in recent days that Powell is being considered as a running mate for McCain, but the former Secretary of State has rejected that possibility. Powell himself has spoken positively about Obama, and there has been a great deal of speculation that Powell will endorse Obama, perhaps even at this week’s Democratic National Convention. Powell also has denied that.

Women don’t favor McCain in either scenario. Female voters prefer Obama 45% to 40% and Powell 56% to 22%. Men are divided.

 

Totally irrelevant. Powell ain't in the mix. It's Obama-Biden vs. McFossil-Palin. Obama-Biden are gonna kill the Repubs big-time come Nov.

The Kid Rasta 8)

 

You were saying it was going to be a landslide months ago. Now it's a dead heat. :roll:

 

Not really, but Obama doesn't have a the huge lead he had either.

Once again, national polls are far less meaningful than reliable polls from battleground states.

 

*sighs*

Some people will never come to accept change. :smt009

 

Once upon a time, I would have liked to see Colin in office...

just to change things up a bit...

I mean the guy rose up through some serious good o' boy ranks in the military..

many people thought he would keep going to the top

 

What was funny was how Colin Powell was right up in the forefront of the first Bush term. Then as soon as he got hip to what was really going on, he got the hell out of dodge and has pretty much been laying low ever since.

 

it wouldn't surprise me. Colin Powell was in office when the country was in better shape than it is now. People want that security again. Of course they'll vote for him.

 

Do not rely too much on polls, you have to ask yourself who do the pollsters poll? Randomly? Or the usually suspects? I will leave it at that.

Next there has been an increase in voter registration by blacks and young people across the country . . . I leave it at that.

 

In the Black newsaper The Carolinian in Raleigh,reporter Cash Micheals mentioned a Obama-Powell ticket. It wouldn't be since America would be too chicken of the potential of two Black men being president and vice-president.

 

lol

that shit would be crazy kid...

but we all know that the real power lies in Congress, so we need more brothas and sistas representin' up in there

 

The election is Nov. 4 -- it's now Sept 2. Do u have comprehension issues???

The Kid Rasta 8)

 

No, it's not. And McCain completely nullified his most effective attack on Obama, lack of experience, with what's turning out to be a disastrous pick for his running mate.

 

I really am convinced that if Obama had Colin Powell's military background and respect, McCain would not even be showing up on the radar. After being the spearheader of two successful military campaigns - Just Cause and Desert Storm - he is widely respected by most Americans as a statesman and a wise soldier who is only willing to use military force as a last resort.

With the crisis in Afghanistan and Iraq, he'd be best suited to handle the war and John McCain wouldn't have the experience card on the table. Powell would overwhelmingly get Democrats on his side, independents would favor him for his pragmatic view on other issues and some moderate-to-liberal Republicans a la Chuck Hagel who are disenchanted with Bush just might give him a chance.

It'd be the perfect way to end a historic campaign.

 

If Obama had Colin Powell's military background, they would STILL be trying to find ways to call his "patriotism" into question, and they would be playing the "John McCain POW" card even more.