Poll Finds Big Support For Powell Candidacy

Gen. Colin Powell, whose politics remain unknown, nevertheless scored high in a U.S. News & World Report poll. It suggests 46 percent of voters think he should run for president.

Powell, the former chairman of the Joint Chiefs of Staff, has neither disclosed a party preference nor given any indication whether he will make a run for the presidency. He’s saving such news for a September book tour.

“If Powell were to enter the Republican presidential primary, the poll shows that likely votes for Sen. Bob Dole among Republicans would drop from 67 percent to 43 percent,” the magazine says in the issue that will be on newsstands Monday.