Snipped from AP.org.

Well, I have to say … about damn time. Although the timing is quite good, I was starting to doubt whether this would happen or not. Now that it has happened, I couldn’t be more thrilled. On Meet the Press, Colin Powell not only endorsed Barack Obama as an exceptional, transformational leader, but also criticized McCain and Palin for many things.

Here is a small portion of the article:

“It isn’t easy for me to disappoint Sen. McCain in the way that I have this morning, and I regret that,” Powell said on NBC’s “Meet the Press,” where he announced the endorsement and delivered a serious blow to the aspirations of his longtime friend, Arizona Sen. McCain.

But, Powell added: “I think we need a transformational figure. I think we need a president who is a generational change and that’s why I’m supporting Barack Obama, not out of any lack of respect or admiration for Sen. John McCain.”

The endorsement by Powell amounted to a stunning rejection of McCain, a 26-year veteran of Congress and a former Vietnam prisoner of war who has campaigned as the experienced, tested candidate who knows how to keep the country safe.

Powell’s endorsement has been much anticipated because of his impressive foreign policy credentials, a subject on which Obama, a first-term senator from Illinois, is weak. Powell is a Republican centrist popular among moderate voters.

Let us not forget who the McCain/Palin ticket picked up for endorsement just a couple of hours after the Powell endorsement of Obama — Yep, that’s right! Katie Barberi, a Telenovela actress currently on Telemundo’s Dona Barbara, has announced her endorsement of McCain and Palin. Wow, now that’s a show stealer! With that being said, I have to vote for McCain now. I mean come on … Katie Barberi! … oh, forget it. It’s not even worth sarcasm. [Cerebrl out!]