Powell: It's Time to Lay Off Obama

It's time to get past the incessant partisan potshots being taken at President Obama and forge some progress, Colin
Powell told Face the Nation today. "I don’t think the country
will be well served if the next three years are attempts to bring him
down and destroy him as a political figure," said the Republican, who
added that "Americans will want to see some progress" and said he
doesn't regret voting for Obama in 2008. Powell also dismissed Dick
Cheney's suggestions that the country was less safe under Obama as
bunk: "To suggest that somehow we’ve become much less safe because of
the administration isn’t born out by the facts.”

• Powell also supported the Obama administration's move to try Khalid Sheikh Mohammed in federal court, but "would not have picked downtown New
  York."
• David Petraeus became the latest to endorse repealing Don't Ask, Don't Tell, telling Meet the Press he's "not sure" that fellow soldiers actually care about the sexuality of their peers. "Over time we said, 'Hey how is this guy's shooting, or
  how is her analysis, or what have you?'"
• Evan Bayh tweaked both parties on his way out the door, saying Republicans are sacrificing national good for short-term political gain while Dems are
  ideological purists who "need to be a little more pragmatic."
• Amen, says Mitch McConnell, decrying the Dems as "arrogant" and "having a hard time getting the message" on health reform. "The American people
  do not want this bill to pass," he told Fox News Sunday. McConnell added that the GOP "may well" vote for Dems' jobs bill, though he was noncommittal.