It looks like Colin Powell finally realized he made the wrong choice by endorsing Barack Obama in the 2008 Presidential Election.  During an interview, he had this to say about the President's agenda"

"I'm concerned at the number of programs that are being presented, the bills associated with these programs and the additional government that will be needed to execute them," Mr. Powell said in an excerpt of an interview with CNN's John King, released by the network Friday morning. 


"one of the cautions that has to be given to the president -- and I've talked to some of his people about this -- is that you can't have so many things on the table that you can't absorb it all."

"And we can't pay for it all," 


     It's hard to believe that Colin Powell seems surprised by what is going on in Washington.  Barack Obama's spending spree and expansion of government could have been easily predicted by looking at his pattern of voting over his short political career, reading his books, and listening to his speeches.  Why is Colin Powell so surprised?  If anyone should be surprised, it's long-time Republicans who witnessed Powell endorse obama after giving a speech like this at the 1996 Republican Convention:


"The federal government has become too large and too intrusive in our lives," Mr. Powell said then. "We can no longer afford solutions to our problems that result in more entitlements, higher taxes to pay for them, more bureaucracy to run them, and fewer results to show for it."

     Colin Powell has had a long, distinguished career in government., and has served the public admirably.  Many in the GOP would have loved to seem him run for President at some point.  How is it that someone of Mr. Powell's stature could endorse an ultra-liberal candidate over an ideologically similar friend (John McCain), then be surprised at the result?  A vote for Barack Obama was a vote for more spending, larger deficits, and expanded government.  Why is it that the typical Republican recognized this, but Colin Powell didn't?