Colin Powell

So Colin Powell fully endorsed Obama. I think that the effect will be good for Obama, obviously, but nothing earth shattering. Probably the biggest effect will be to dominate the news on Monday and bring further gloom and doom on the Republicans. Republicans tend to be realistic and more easily disciplined as a party. The Colin Powell endorsement will likely make them feel like this race is increasingly all over with.

Just read the Zogby poll- it comes out at 1 a.m. each day. Although it is not my favorite one because it seems erratic and inconsistent with other polls sometimes, it shows Obama made a big gain on Sunday, possibly due to Powell's endorsement? The other tracking polls will be interesting today. In case you wanted to know, Zogby releases at 1 a.m., Rasmussen at 9:30 a.m., Gallup at 1 p.m., DailyKos Research 2000 by 9 a.m. or earlier, and several others by 3 p.m. No single poll is that useful, but the total of them can give a good idea of what's happening.