Bread Circuses

I CONFESS that I love a guy in uniform, but the appeal of the military man of the moment is wearing thin. Colin Powell is flirting with the nation and the GOP. But will he respect them after the election?

Powell will announce his political intentions next month, and Washington prognosticators are evenly divided over whether or not he’ll toss his helmet into the ring. Some Powell watchers are convinced that his innate caution will dictate enjoyment of his new prosperity and privacy rather than entry into the mean world of presidential politics. Others believe the rumor that Powell has hired a Republican polling firm and intends to announce his candidacy on Veterans’ Day, in time to make a big splash in the November 18 straw poll in Florida.

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Kate O'Beirne

I CONFESS that I love a guy in uniform, but the appeal of the military man of the moment is wearing thin. Colin Powell is flirting with the nation and the GOP. But will he respect them after the election?

Powell will announce his political intentions next month, and Washington prognosticators are evenly divided over whether or not he’ll toss his helmet into the ring. Some Powell watchers are convinced that his innate caution will dictate enjoyment of his new prosperity and privacy rather than entry into the mean world of presidential politics. Others believe the rumor that Powell has hired a Republican polling firm and intends to announce his candidacy on Veterans’ Day, in time to make a big splash in the November 18 straw poll in Florida.