Everywhere he goes, Colin Powell is besieged. Bicycle messengers in spandex tights stop him on the streets of Washington and urge him to run for President. Waiters at restaurants advise the retired general to aim for the White House. CEOs quietly pledge money should Powell decide to run. Political operatives of both parties would like to ignore Powell--but can\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\'t. \\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\"I don\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\'t think about it a lot,\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\" claims a senior White House official, before admitting, \\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\"If Powell does run, he will be a significannot
player.\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\" Another in the White House is more fatalistic: \\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\"If he runs, we\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\'re dead.\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\" Says William Lacy, Bob Dole\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\'s top strategist: \\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\"If he jumped in the race......
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