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To: steve harris who wrote (429026)	10/22/2008 1:37:36 AM
From: tejek	Respond to of 1570736

Barack Obama wins endorsement of conservative Ken Adelman telegraph.co.uk. By Tom Leonard in New York Last Updated: 11:11PM BST 21 Oct 2008 Just a day after Colin Powell, the former Republican Secretary of State, defected to the Democrat cause, Mr Adelman announced that he also intended to vote for Mr Obama. Mr Adelman, a policy analyst and former official in Ronald Reagan's administration, told the New Yorker writer George Packer that "temperament" and "judgement" were his main reasons for switching sides. "When the economic crisis broke, I found John McCain bouncing all over the place. In those first few crisis days, he was impetuous, inconsistent and imprudent; ending up just plain weird," he said. Having worked with President Reagan for seven years, including three crucial summits with President Gorbachev, Mr Adelman said he "concluded that that's no way a president can act under pressure". In common with General Powell and other sceptical Republicans, Mr Adelman questioned Mr McCain's choice of a running mate. "That decision showed appalling lack of judgement. Not only is Sarah Palin not close to being acceptable in high office - I would not have hired her for even a mid-level post in the arms control agency," he said. Choosing the Alaska governor "contradicted" Mr McCain's two main campaign themes - "Country First and experience counts" , he added. Mr Adelman admitted two years ago that he regretted urging military action in Iraq and had over-estimated the capabilities of the Bush administration. Some political pundits believe his defection is more significant than that of Mr Powell because Mr Adelman comes from inside the conservative movement.