Powell has refused to even endorse anyone.
And he and his wife hate getting into National politics.
McCain would be stupid to do this because Obama already has the black vote sewn up.
To siphon off Obama voters McCain should pick a woman VP, not a black looking military man.
Stupidity hasn't stopped him before.
And everybody knows it. But there is a larger voting bloc which this might appeal to; guilty white people, who might be able to convince themselves that a vote for Powell is just like a vote for Obama.
O does indeed have the black vote.
There is NO black person that M could choose that would sway blacks to vote for him.
Picking Powell would be obvious pandering and it would even turn off a lot of whites who currently support him.