One of Ronald Reagan’s closest aides is voting for Barack Obama.
Former Reagan chief of staff Ken Duberstein told CNN’s Fareed Zakaria this week he intends to vote for Democrat Barack Obama on Tuesday.
Duberstein said he was influenced by another prominent Reagan official – Colin Powell – in his decision.
“Well let’s put it this way – I think Colin Powell’s decision is in fact the good housekeeping seal of approval on Barack Obama.”
Powell served as national security advisor to Reagan during Duberstein’s tenure as chief of staff.
Duberstein was also interviewed on the subject on MSNBC.
If a man who worked so closely for Reagan, the Moses of the Conservative Revolution, is choosing Obama …