Colin Powell Endorses Obama

This endorsement, from a retired Army General, a former member of the Bush administration, and a Republican, is no small rebuke to Bush and McCain's failed policies.

Following the interview, Powell told reporters outside NBC's Washington studio that McCain "is essentially going to execute the Republican agenda, the orthodoxy of the Republican agenda with a new face and a maverick approach to it, and he'd be quite good at it, but I think we need more than that. I think we need a generational change. I think Senator Obama has captured the feelings of the young people of America and is reaching out in a more diverse, inclusive way across our society."