VP is the ONLY national office Powell would ever run for. Nobody shoots at VP's,and Powell damn sure ain't a risk taker.
There is no way he will switch parties to run under Hillary.
What makes you think he is a Republican? He's for gun control and gun registraion,he's for affirmative-action and quotas,and he's pro-abortion. Besides,he even stated before the 2000 elections that he wanted to be Sec of State,and it didn't make any difference to him which party won.
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