the thing to remember about colin powell he was very much a centrist, whether in the republican party or when he left the republican party in the end because of donald trump. when he endorsed barack obama, i'm not sure it was a difficult decision for him, because he saw it as a moment and i talked to him afterwards, there wasn't a question in his mind that he would endorse barack obama. i think that the other thing to keep in mind is that i always wondered when barack obama won, how colin powell felt about it,